I have a Visual Studio C++ project that relies on an external DLL file. How can I make Visual Studio copy this DLL file automatically into the output directory (debug/release) when I build the project?
Visual-studio – How to make Visual Studio copy a DLL file to the output directory
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Best Answer
Use a post-build action in your project, and add the commands to copy the offending DLL. The post-build action are written as a batch script.
The output directory can be referenced as
$(OutDir). The project directory is available as$(ProjDir). Try to use relative pathes where applicable, so that you can copy or move your project folder without breaking the post-build action.