Re: [Dev-C++] dll or no dll

[<sol...@ya...>]

The header has all the function and variable declarations the program 
needs, but the actual code is in the dll. That's just a dinamic link 
library: a file outside the exe that has the code which has to be 
executed, having the files for the exe included the header so they know 
there are those variables and functions somewhere - in the external dll.
If you want have that code inside the exe, then you need use a static 
library, (those named libxxx.a). In your case your libxxx.a is what is 
known as import library, which includes the symbols of the dinamic 
library which have to be exported from the dll, but the code is still in 
the dll.
The only solution is finding a static version of the dll. If it had been 
built by you, simply make the project an static link library instead a 
dinamic one (I mean, the project you used to build the dll). If it is a 
dll from some library you bought, then you'll have to check the 
documentation for if there is a static version or, if you got the source 
and built it, checking the makefiles for if there is some option so it 
builds as a static library.

Hope this helps.
P.D. - Sorry, I feel my english has been bad.

Neszt Tibor wrote:

>Hello!
>
>Could someone explain me why need any dll for my program?
>
>What I do: 
>- #include <aaa.h>
>- link: -laaa (there is libaaa.a in the dev-c++ lib directory) 
>
>Everything is ok. The project is compiled succesfully. But after starting,
>the program needs aaa.dll
>
>Am I right, that the header and/or cpp (aaa.h, aaa.cpp) defines all the
>callable functions, and the real functions is in the libaaa.a ??
>
>If yes, why need the dll file? (for example if aaa=glut32, or aaa=fmod or ...) 
>
>I simply don't want many dlls beside my program.
>
>I check all the regarding programs (Exebundle, Fusion, PEBundle, ...), but
>there are many problem with these.
>
>My aim is that all the functions what I need is should be in the builded
>exe file.
>
>So is there a soluton? Dev-c++ settings by any chance?
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Neszt Tibor
>
>
>
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