KDSoap deployment on Windows

Benjamien

Hi,

How can I deploy a windows application with KDSoap ?
I am able to build it without errors, but I cannot deploy it.
When I try to run the application it shows a message saying kdsoap.dll is missing.

Thanks,
Benjamien

Christian Ehrlicher

@Benjamien said in KDSoap deployment on Windows:

When I try to run the application it shows a message saying kdsoap.dll is missing.

Then copy over this dll to the directory with your executable.

Benjamien

The release build of KDSoap only has a kdsoap2.dll, not the kdsoap.dll
Copying the kdsoap2.dll does not change anything

Christian Ehrlicher

Can you run your release executable on your development PC? If so then there is also a kdsoap.dll somewhere.

Benjamien

I can't even run it in QT Creator. I get the same message when I try to debug the project.
How can I link my project so I uses the kdsoap.dll library ? I have a kdsoap.dll in my release folder of KDSoap.

Christian Ehrlicher

How do you link against this library? What import lib do you use?
Try renaming the dll.

Benjamien

I have changed the Target name for the release build to kdsoap instead of kdsoap2
So now I have a kdsoap.dll but it still doesn't work.
I link to the library with "LIBS += -L/C:\Users\info\Documents\Source\Repos\KDSoap\build\lib\Release\ -lkdsoap"
When I try to run now I get a message "Cannot start (0xc00007b) ..."

Christian Ehrlicher

@Benjamien said in KDSoap deployment on Windows:

When I try to run now I get a message "Cannot start (0xc00007b) ..."

Use Dependency Walker to see which dll is missing

JonB

@Benjamien
As @Christian-Ehrlicher says. Under Windows if you do have a DLL needed by a program, but some dependent DLLs for that DLL are missing, Windows has a way of reporting that the first DLL is "missing", which is a bit misleading. Your "cannot start" error can also be caused by wrong/incompatible versions of various DLLs.

On a separate point. Since you say your code does link OK it should not be the issue you are seeing at runtime, but are you sure your

LIBS += -L/C:\Users\info\Documents\Source\Repos\KDSoap\build\lib\Release\ -lkdsoap

really is what you have? I am surprised that would work with the / you show in it, but maybe it accepts that in front of C:.....