Re: [Boost-users] Linking with dynamic boost thread library

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Linking with dynamic boost thread library
From: Green, Jason M NSWCDL, W33 (jason.m.green3_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-09 08:03:29

Steve,
Welcome to my world.  I spend a lot of time confused.

Assume that I have a directory (GLOBALS/Boost).  I point to this directory
in VC as a library directory.

In another directory I have boost*.lib, libboost*.lib, and boost*.dll. 

I copied the boost*.lib into my GLOBALS/Boost, then compiled and ran.  That
worked.

I moved that library back out, and put libboost*.lib in.  I then put the
#define BOOST_REGEX_DYN_LINK at the top of my .cpp file.  That compiled and
worked.

Finally, I moved out the libboost.lib back out and put the boost*.dll into
that directory.  I tried compiling and that is when I got the link error
saying that it cannot find boost*.lib

If the program compiles and runs the same only based on whether boost*.lib
is there, what function does the boost*.dll serve

This is where I'm confused?  I scoured my drive to make sure there weren't
boost*.dll /*.lib floating around and I deleted them all.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
[mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Steven Watanabe
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:16 PM
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Linking with dynamic boost thread library

AMDG

Green, Jason M NSWCDL, W33 wrote:
> I have a directory in my project call Boost.  I added the directory to the
> library files list.
> In this directory I have the libboost*.lib files and the boost*.dll files.
> I am able to get it working with no problem if I only have the
libboost*.lib
> files in there.  If I rename them, and add the dll into the directory, it
> will not build.  That is where it will give me the error saying that it is
> looking for libboost*.lib
>   

Whoa.  I'm confused.  Is the linker complaining about
libboost*.lib or boost*.lib?  If you define BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK
or BOOST_<library name>_DYN_LINK the compiler
will look for the import libraries for the dlls.

> Green, Jason M NSWCDL, W33 wrote:
>   
>> the compile warns me that it "cannot open file
>> 'boost_regex-vc80-mt-gd-1_38.lib'"
>>   
>>     

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe

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