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DerFarm
05-02-2003, 06:49 PM
I've compiled a suf job, with all the files necessary (DLL, OBJ, TLB, etc) in one directory ... named after the project name.

I noticed after the build, that the files were being placed into the Appdir. Is this of importance? I would actually prefer NOT to overwrite the current dll's, but will it affect the performance ... ie: will the silly thing break in the midst of running?

any thoughts

Brett
05-03-2003, 07:44 AM
It is generally fine to put DLLs in the same dir as your application as long as they are not COM components. ActiveX/COM DLLs that need to be registered should usually be placed in the %SysDir% because they are shared components and when registered always point to the last location that they were registered from.