DLL not found

[DaZoner]

I'm deploying a Ruby app on Windows that has a number of C extensions that
call a DLL. I've written an install program that copies all necessary files
(Program.rb) to a directory (C:\Directory).

If I run Program from within C:\Directory everything works fine. If I run it
via full pathname from a different directory the DLL is not found. I can get
it to work if I make C:\Directory part of my path but I want to avoid this
if possible. I've tried adding C:\Program to $: but this doesn't do it. What
programmatic steps can I take to get the DLL to be found?

 

[Curt Hibbs]

I'm deploying a Ruby app on Windows that has a number of C
extensions that
call a DLL. I've written an install program that copies all
necessary files
(Program.rb) to a directory (C:\Directory).

If I run Program from within C:\Directory everything works fine.
If I run it
via full pathname from a different directory the DLL is not
found. I can get
it to work if I make C:\Directory part of my path but I want to
avoid this
if possible. I've tried adding C:\Program to $: but this doesn't
do it. What
programmatic steps can I take to get the DLL to be found?

The DLL needs to be either somewhere in your path, or in the same directory
from which the running EXE was loaded (in this case, that would be
ruby.exe).

Curt

 

[Wayne Vucenic]

You could copy the DLL to the Windows directory (typically c:\windows)
or the System directory (typically C:\Windows\System).

Wayne

 

[Zach Dennis]

You could copy the DLL to the Windows directory (typically c:\windows)
or the System directory (typically C:\Windows\System).

Wouldn't you want to make that "c:/windows/" or "c:\\windows\\" becuase
'\' is treat sthe next character as a literal.


Have you tried "c:\\Program" or "c:/Program"

Zach