Hi,

My tests for my project need to load dlls which are not in the executable directory, but in the system path. I'm using Visual Studio 7. I can run ctest from the command line but not using the RUN_TEST target in Visual Studio. I found the following email from 2005 and was wondering how people are dealing with this and if there is a work around? Thanks.

  -darby j

/ 2. Does CTest use the PATH environment variable when launching the executable 
? It seems not since my program is not able to load some dlls (not in the 
executable dir but in the system path) when run from the run_test target, but 
work when run from the command line ! What's the problem here ?
/
The PATH environment variable is used, but the behavior you are seeing is actually due to a Visual Studio "feature". When VS launches processes to build its targets it does so in its own environment. This environment contains a PATH that includes the VS compiler directories and such. It also includes the system PATH that was in place WHEN VS WAS INSTALLED. For some reason it does not update this PATH each time it runs. This is why it works when you run ctest from the command line but not from the RUN_TESTS target.


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Darby J Van Uitert
SCI Institute
University of Utah
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (301) 528-8469


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