[SDL] Developing a standalone EXE in VC++ with SDL - possible?

[Ulrich Eckhardt]

On Sunday 27 January 2008 12:03, Martin wrote:
> Whether it's normal or not on other platforms, having to bother with an
> installer or extra downloads or programs on Windows is more trouble than
> I'd like to put my beta testers - much less my users - through.

Hehe, I think it's the other way round: it's rather that the installation 
process is less complicated, i.e. a single commandline statement 
automatically installing the required libs in this case. ;)


> > If the vendor say "do this" and it doesn't work, I'd take it to the
> > vendor's. All your problems are rather off-topic here.
>
> Ah, but that's the problem, and why I'm here: the solution from their end
> is simple.  Compile it as a statically linked program.  But all install
> instructions for SDL say it must be compiled as dynamically linked when
> using Visual Studio, and I'm curious if anyone knows a way around that
> issue.

Ah, now I understand the relation to SDL! FWIW, I'd agree with Stéphan in that 
you should simply try to link SDL statically (Note: this might require first 
building a statically linked SDL, too!). Also consider that SDL is licensed 
under the LGPL and it's implications then, you will have to use a compatible 
open source license for your code then, too.

Uli