Re: [Boost-users] Linking with dynamic boost thread library

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Linking with dynamic boost thread library
From: John Wilkinson (jwilkinson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-09 08:55:09

> If the program compiles and runs the same only based on whether
boost*.lib
> is there, what function does the boost*.dll serve

The boost*.lib files, as I think someone said earlier, are the import
libraries for the boost*.dll run-time libraries.  These are what you
link to, in order to use boost*.dll at run time.  The DLL files do not
need to be in the link path, only in the executable path when your
program is run.  The boost*.lib files need to be in the link path when
you build your program.  

John