Re: [Help-glpk] glpk49.dll - now needed in VisualStudio 2005?

[Andrew Makhorin]

> I just upgraded (?) to Visual Studio 2005 from 2003 and have rebuilt the
> glpk lib/dll files using the provided .mak.
> 
> I then compile a program that links against glpk.lib, however I cannot run 
> it as it says when starting up:
> "The application has failed to start because glpk49.dll was not found".
> 
> If I add the glpk49.dll file to the programme's directory, it all runs OK.
> 
> Why is this now a problem and how come glpk49.dll is requested? I was only 
> wanting to link/use the static glpk.lib file.

There are two makefiles w32vc6.mak and vc32vc6d.mak included in the
distribution. If you need to build the static library, you should use
the first makefile rather the second one.

> 
> Note: I notice the new glpk lib file is MUCH smaller (152K) than the old
> one 
> (2699K)  - could it be that it now merely calls the .dll?

Yes. The code is contained in dll while lib contains only jmp's that
implement dynamic calls.