Re: [BLACKBOX] Packing a dll file into an exe file

From: [at]} <CFB>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:42:19 +0930

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>From: BlackBox [mailto:BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
>Douglas G. Danforth
>Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2008 10:57 AM
>To: BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
>Subject: [BLACKBOX] Packing a dll file into an exe file
>
>Folks,
>
>The problem is in the packing of a dll (in this case FreeImage.dll).
>If I put the dll into C:\WINDOWS\system the loader finds it.
>But if I leave the dll in the BlackBox root directory it
>doesn't (when the exe is running from the desktop).
>What is the syntax for packing a dll such that the file is
>really in the .exe and is self contained so that on any system
>it will execute directly whether or not FreeImage.dll is on
>that system (but in the .exe file)?
>
>-Doug Danforth
>

Hi Doug,

A quick look indicates that BB calls the Windows function LoadLibraryA to
open the dll. One place where this is documented is at:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684175(VS.85).aspx

Hopefully there is sufficient information there related to the strategy
Windows uses to search for DLLs to help solve your problem.

Regards,
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com/cp

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