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POWhy does Windows tell me that .dll file is not found when I just use the static .lib?
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copied!<p>I think I have an understanding problem and I'd be very glad if somebody finally explained it to me...</p> <p>I'm developing a Win32 application (.exe) which uses my own static library (.lib). The library depends on another <em>static</em> library (libxml2 for Windows in fact).</p> <p>What I did:</p> <ul> <li>I added the libxml include directory into my .lib project "VC++ Directories"->"Include Directories".</li> <li>I built my lib, the build was successful, and .lib file appeared in my Output folder.</li> <li>I created a console application project and wrote some code which uses the .lib functions (which in turn use libxml functions). My lib project was added as a reference into the app project using "Framework and References"->"Add New Reference".</li> <li>I tried to build the application and got linker errors - this is OK, because I forgot to add libxml2.lib to my application via "Linker"->"Input"->"Additional Dependencies". So I added libxml2.lib to the dependencies and the path to it to "VC++ Directories"->"Library Directories". I rebuilt the application and the build was successful. But when I try to start my .exe an error appears. It says: "The application has failed to start because libxml2.dll. Reinstalling the application may fix blah blah".</li> </ul> <p>So why does my .exe require libxml2.dll? I want to use libxml2 only as a static library. All experiments were done with debug configuration settings.</p>

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