program crashes without apparent reason when instantiating SilKit::Config::ParticipantConfigurationFromFile object

[fskoras]

Describe the issue I was trying to compile a simple example program from provided documentation "Developer Guide" chapter. I am using vscode with cmake extension configuring visual studio 17 2022 toolchain

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Expected behavior A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen. I expect executable not to crash

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CMakeLists.txt

simple.cpp

GDB output

Your Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS version: Windows 10
• Compiler and CMake version: visual studio 17 2022, cmake version 3.28.0
• SIL Kit Version: 4.0.43
• Please include a description of the SIL Kit participants, including which controllers are created and the configuration applied to them: N/A

Additional context

When I try to compile the program with config object the program crash right after startup. That means I am not even able to create a breakpoint in line 14 to see whats going on.

[MariusBgm]

Hi @fskoras , the Windows return code 0xC0000134 means DLL not found (STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND). When you run your sample exeucutable, make sure that you have SilKit.dll in the same folder, or the path containing it is in your PATH variable. That is not a crash in SilKit, it's Windows unable to load the dependencies. Hope that helps

[fskoras]

You are correct, that was it. I was just surprised I didn't receive any notification from the operating system that the dll failed to load. thank you for your help

[MariusBgm]

Great that it works for you. For what it's worth, If you start the executable in an explorer window you should get a pop-up dialog with an error message, if you run it in a shell or debugger, it doesn't show...