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alcroito
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Dec 05, 2023

How to package a Windows Desktop C++ application together with its DLL dependency using MSIX

Hello,   I'm trying to understand how to package a simple Windows desktop application and a custom DLL which are written in C++, using MSIX.   The steps I roughly did using latest / updated Visua...
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TIMOTHY_MANGAN
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Dec 05, 2023
With a WAP project, if you just place all the dlls into the root folder of the project, they should be found automatically when running packaged. No need for adding the PSF for that. PS: When running unpackaged, the PSF doesn't work as it has to read container properties.

I'm not sure about your .txt files, but probably using the desktop7 extension to set the working directory would help.
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alcroito
Copper Contributor
Dec 06, 2023

TIMOTHY_MANGAN 

Hello, thank you for your reply.

Could you maybe clarify your answer a bit more? Because I am not very familiar with these projects.

 

How and at what stage should I place the dll into the root folder of the project, if its built as part of the visual studio solution? I expected that adding a reference to the dll project would suffice, but it doesn't appear to be the case. Do I need to write some shell script? Is there some UI button in VS that i can press? Some specific package or manifest xml command?

 

I am not familiar with PSF. How is it relevant for this situation?

 

Regarding .txt files, i am not even at a stage where i want to be able to find them within the package.

My problem is making sure they are added to the package in the first place. Is there a common way to do that?

 

Thank you.

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