wxbase312u_gcc.dll was not found

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jaimito
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wxbase312u_gcc.dll was not found

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Hello everyone and thanks very much in advance for your help.

I am new to learning C++, I have chosen Codelite and wxWidgets to do so.

I have built wxWidgets 3.1.2 following the instructions on this page: https://wiki.codelite.org/pmwiki.php/De ... WidgetsWin
I am working on Windows 10 64 bits.

I compiled the minimal sample in a Command Prompt (with the command below) and it created the minimal.exe file in the folder gcc_mswudll, but when I run this file I get this error message: "wxbase312u_gcc.dll was not found".
mingw32-make -j8 -f Makefile.gcc SHARED=1 UNICODE=1 BUILD=release VENDOR=cl CXXFLAGS="-fno-keep-inline-dllexport -std=c++11"

I also want to mention that so far I have not used Codelite, I just built wxWidgets and immediately compile the minimal sample in a Command Prompt.

How can I solve this problem?

Thank you very much
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Re: wxbase312u_gcc.dll was not found

Post by Manolo »

You have built wx with SHARED=1. This means that the result is some dynamic files (.dll on Windows).

When your executable starts it looks for these files. It searches at system dirs, like %windir%\system32, but instead of pollute the system, better put your .dll in the same directory as the executable.

Another solution is to link statically. Use SHARED=0. This will produce .a files from whose Mingw will extract the used code and incorporate it into your executable.
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Re: wxbase312u_gcc.dll was not found

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Hi Manolo,

Thank you very much for your reply.

Is there any way to tell the .exe where to search for the wxWidgets' DLL?

Thank you very much.
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