From: Wayne Vucenic <nightphotos@...>
Date: 2004-11-25T04:26:22+09:00
Subject: Re: DLL not found

You could copy the DLL to the Windows directory (typically c:\windows)
or the System directory (typically C:\Windows\System).

Wayne


On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 02:48:04 +0900, DaZoner <bugmenot@world.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm deploying a Ruby app on Windows that has a number of C extensions that
> call a DLL. I've written an install program that copies all necessary files
> (Program.rb) to a directory (C:\Directory).
> 
> If I run Program from within C:\Directory everything works fine. If I run it
> via full pathname from a different directory the DLL is not found. I can get
> it to work if I make C:\Directory part of my path but I want to avoid this
> if possible. I've tried adding C:\Program to $: but this doesn't do it. What
> programmatic steps can I take to get the DLL to be found?
> 
>