How to use SDL locally in Visual Studio 2013

Question

I want to add SDL and SDL_image to my Visual Studio project. But can I do it locally only for this project? I don't want to put the dlls in System32 folder.

Answer 1

An easy way is to copy them either manually into your output folder or to create a post build event.

Use Microsoft link to see where you can put your Dlls without conflicting with System32: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7d83bc18.aspx

Answer 2

As described by Ciprian Khlud , you could simply put your DLLs next to the output binary (.exe). You could find output directory in

Right click on project -> Project Settings -> General -> Output Directory

Alternatively, you could add the folder where DLLs are into the list of search directories:

Right click on project -> Project Settings -> VC++ Directories -> Executable Directories

(same way as you add include dirs and library dirs)