Re: Is it possible to put all necessary GTK runtime files in a single directory

[Douglas Vechinski <douglas vechinski dynetics com>]

HuamiSoft Hubert Sokolowski wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:58:32 -0500
> Douglas Vechinski <douglas vechinski dynetics com> wrote:
>
>  
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> > I have a GTK application that I'm porting to run under Windows.  This 
> > application is part of  a package that has several other native Windows 
> > (non-GTK) executables all of which are to reside in a "bin" directory.  
> > The wish, desire, command of the project leader for this project would 
> > like every file/dll to also reside in this "bin" directory or possibly 
> > sub-directory.   (Certain configuration files may reside in a sibling 
> > directory (relative to bin) with a certain fixed name.  He also does not 
> > want to have to modify the PATH environment variable.
> >
> > At present I have copied all the .dll files (no .exe files) from 
> > gtk+\bin to our bin directory.   I copied the gtk+\etc directory to etc 
> > so that it is a sibling to our bin directory.   The app also seems to 
> > need some dll's located in the gtk+\lib\pango\version\modules 
> > directory.  If I copy these over to our bin I still get some pango error 
> > message  or assertion from "shape.c"    If I copied these dll's to a 
> > lib\pango\version\modules directory so that lib is a sibling to our bin 
> > directory the GTK app seems to run.  Is it possible to put and/or modify 
> > the files from the etc and lib\pango\version\modules directories into 
> > the bin directory so that the  GTK app is happy if it is started within 
> > the bin directory? 
> >
> >    
> what happens when you install gtk dll's in bin/bin/ and your exe program
> in bin/ ? the rest is in bin/etc/, bin/lib/ etc.
>
>  
I'm sure that would work if I'm allowed to add  bin\bin to the PATH 
environment variable.  At present that "priviledge" is not being 
allowed.   I will probably be able to if there is no other option, but 
I'm first trying to see if there is an alternative.