How to detect that SDL.dll not exist?
lazarus / 31-LCL

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Milsa · 2015-02-12 19:45

I have GUI application with SDL. I want to detect presence SDL.dll in
application directory. If my application uses SDL and SDL.dll is not
in application directory then application crashes.

I tried to create unit to detect presence this file and I inserted
this unit before the first unit in LPR file. Without result.

Can you help me?

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Bart · 2015-02-12 21:12

Do not statically link, but use dynamic linking (loadlibrary).

Bart

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Milsa · 2015-02-12 21:22

I don't understand. I use standard Lazarus unit named sdl with
external SDL.dll.

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Milsa · 2015-02-14 18:06

Is any option with standard Lazarus unites?

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Carver413 · 2015-02-14 18:29

I would suggest the bare game engine which can be found here, it uses
sdl2 and many nice features that could be useful for any kind of app
http://www.getlazarus.org/forums/