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Hodza Ndzaho
Hodza Ndzaho

Reputation: 45

Qt can't access some .dll files

I am working on a plugin for some application, and I am using libtiff. The filter is working just fine, but there is a problem. There are some .dll files that have to be included in compile path. When I add those .dlls in \QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\mingw\bin the plugin is working fine, but when i delete one or more of those .dlls, plugin is not recognised by the application. Those .dll are not included in the Qt SDK by default.

Is there any way I can include those .dll in my plugin and add a path to them without copying them to the Qt SDK bin folder.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 109

Answers (1)

Cameron Tinker
Cameron Tinker

Reputation: 9789

Usually I add my plugins to my application directory and add this line of code to main() in main.cpp like so:

qApp->addLibraryPath(QString("."));

Image plugins go in imageformats and SQL drivers (ODBC) go in sqldrivers. You can make the library path anything you want relative to your application root directory. I like to keep things simple and just reference the root directory.

Upvotes: 1

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