System Error Visual Studio 2017

[amduke65]

Hello,
I am very new to C++ and this toolkit. I am trying to write my first application.

After a couple attempts at building version 3.0.4 with Visual Studio 2017, I have successfully built the toolkit. I have used the Windows Desktop Application as a starting point. I followed the instructions in the installer instructions to get to this point. I am almost there.

I have a simple program that basically just displays a wxFrame and that's it. It compiles fine, no errors are reported and all seems good. However, when I attempt to run the app I get a System Error dialog that pops up stating that the execution cannot proceed because wxbase30ud_vc_x64_custom.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix the problem. I get the same dialog for wxmsw30_ud_core_vc_x64_custom.dll.

I am not sure how to resolve this issue. I suspect it may have something to do with the Linker settings in the project? Can someone please give me some guidance on resolving this issue?

Thank you,

[PB]

That is because you compiled wxWidgets as DLL but your application cannot find them, as they are probably (assuming your built them successfully) only in your <WXWIN>/lib/vc_x64_dll (or something like that) folder.

You need to either:
* copy the required DLLs to the folder where the executable is.
* make them available by adding the folder with DLLs to the PATH environment variable (preferably by modifying it for your MSVC project instead of adding it for the user).

[amduke65]

Thank you so much. That resolved the issue. I appreciate your help.

[doublemax]

Thank you so much. That resolved the issue. I appreciate your help.

Another option would have been to use static linking which prevents this kind of problem in the future.

[amduke65]

Thank you, I will keep that in mind. So much to learn. I am grateful for the help.