Success! Scott, thank you for the help. I did indeed run nmake -f
ms\ntdll.mak. Just to correct a type, I had to run 'nmake -f
ms\nt.mak', not 'nt.dll'.
Regards,
Jed Mitten
On Feb 1, 2008 12:48 PM, Scott Rueter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jed Mitten wrote:
>
> >I am trying to statically link into libeay32.lib so that I can
> >distribute my application as a single executable instead of packaging
> >DLLs along with it. I am not new to programming, but I am new to
> >using libraries in C/C++. I am also completely new to using OpenSSL
> >in any application.
> >
> >I did some extensive research online (and in this group) to get to
> >where I could actually compile OpenSSL on Win32 and link using Visual
> >C++ Express 9.0, but when I run the application that compiles I get an
> >error that libeay32.dll cannot be found. Thanks for any help or
> >advice.
> >
> >
> Option 1:
> First, it seems that you have compiled a dll rather than a static lib
> for openssl.
> IE you used: nmake -f ms\ntdll.mak
>
> If you want a static lib you need to run:
> nmake -f ms\nt.dll
>
> When you create a dll build it creates a .dll and .lib. The lib for
> linking against when you make your own executable, but you will still
> need to include the .dll in your distribution.
> If you create a static build, all you will have is a .lib; no .dll will
> be created.
>
> Note however that your executable will be larger if you use a static
> library.
>
> Option 2:
> The other option is to take your libeay32.dll and put it in the same
> directory as your executable.
>
> >#include <iostream>
> >#include <string>
> >#include <openssl/blowfish.h>
> >using namespace std;
> >
> >
> >int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
> > string skey = "secret_key";
> > char *sdata = "This is a message that I would like to keep secret.
> > Please do not allow this message to be read without authorization.";
> >
> > BF_KEY symKey;
> > BF_set_key( &symKey, strlen(sdata), (const unsigned char *)sdata );
> >
> > cout << symKey.S;
> >
> > return 0;
> >}
> >
> >--
> >Jed Mitten
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