Questions about .dlls and such

[Sigvatr]

Hi guys,

I just started porting my game from HGE over to SFML today, primarily because I was interested in the cross-platform compatibility and shader support.

I was wondering a few things:

1) I'm using Windows. Does a console always pop up and have to be open during the duration of the program running? I'd really prefer that it wasn't there.

2) Is there a way to build the .dll's into the program so that they don't need to be included in the executable file's folder?

Cheers!

[Tank]

Hi and welcome.

1) Choose the Windows application template and link to sfml-main.lib (in your preferred build configuration).

2) That's called static linkage. SFML comes with static versions of its libraries (suffix "-s") that you can use.
Why do you want to link statically?

[Sigvatr]

I just don't want a billion files clogging up my application's folder. How do I enable static linkage?

[Laurent]

Did you first read the tutorials? Both questions are answered in them.

[Sigvatr]

Aha!

I think I found something wrong with the windowing tutorial.

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   bool Running = true;
    while (Running)
    {
        App.Display();
    }

I might be wrong, but I think this is telling SFML to force loading of display windows. My display window does nothing, I can't even click on the close button to close it, it just sits there and you can't do anything to it unless you close it with the task manager.

[dabo]

you don't handle any events.

[Laurent]

I think I found something wrong with the windowing tutorial

This tutorial doesn't claim to provide a fully working window. There's nothing wrong, you just have to read the next tutorials to get something useful.

[Tank]

I just don't want a billion files clogging up my application's folder.

Then just copy all required libraries to your Windows system directory.