sudara
commented
5 months ago Pre static-linking branch using the developer command prompt:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community>dumpbin /dependents "C:\Program Files\Pamplejuce Company\Pamplejuce Demo\Pamplejuce Demo.exe"
Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 14.40.33811.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Dump of file C:\Program Files\Pamplejuce Company\Pamplejuce Demo\Pamplejuce Demo.exe
File Type: EXECUTABLE IMAGE
Image has the following dependencies:
KERNEL32.dll
USER32.dll
GDI32.dll
SHELL32.dll
ole32.dll
OLEAUT32.dll
COMDLG32.dll
MSVCP140.dll
SHLWAPI.dll
WINMM.dll
d2d1.dll
dxgi.dll
d3d11.dll
dcomp.dll
IMM32.dll
VCRUNTIME140.dll
VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
After seeing this forum thread I felt like it was important to move to static linkage for the Windows runtime (and avoid DLL hell).
As of June 2024, JUCE Projucer and CMake both default to dynamic linkage for the microsoft runtime. The reasoning is historical: https://forum.juce.com/t/important-breaking-change-juce-will-now-use-dynamic-linking-for-the-windows-runtime-by-default/25276
The FLS Slots issue was resolved in 2019, but the JUCE default was never updated again: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2019/01/09/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-18312/
To do dynamic linking right, one has to get every customer to install the latest runtime to ensure your executable will run. Games tend to do this, the UX is pretty unergonomic and awful. I believe you have to actually spawn the second installer for the runtime.
Although static linking creates a bit more duplication and binary bloat, it avoids DLL hell. It's the default for many devs I know, including open source repositories like Surge, so this should be the Pamplejuce (and IMO JUCE) default.