Re: Static linkage in VC++

From: Amittai Aviram amittai_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-31 20:21:13

--- In Boost-Users_at_[hidden], "John Maddock" 
<john_maddock_at_c...> wrote:
> > I am trying to get my DLL to get linked statically with the
> > boost::regex library and having _no success_.  I have tried 
putting
> > this line into one of the header files:
> >
> > #define BOOST_REGEX_STATIC_LINK
> 
> That will do the job, provided you don't want the regex code 
exposed from
> the dll.

I'm afraid that it didn't do it.  I am working in Microsoft Visual 
C++ 6 and building the project as a "Release" build (as the 
documentation requires), but I still find that, if I then change the 
name of boost_regex_vc6_mdi.dll on my machine (to, 
say, "xboost_regex_vc6_mdi.dll"), I get a message box when running 
the DLL's client that says that that file is missing and must be 
installed.  Why isn't this working?  Is there anything else I need to 
attend to in the Projects->Settings options?  Should the .lib be 
listed among the include files in Projects->Settings or not?  
Anything else?  

I'd appreciate your help.  Thanks.

Amittai