using libcurl without dll

Question

I am using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010, and I need to make an application that does not require the libcurl dll. I am defining CURL_STATICLIB in the preprocessor directives an

Answer 1

I got a static build of libcurl to compile and link by specifying both HTTP_ONLY and CURL_STATICLIB in the preprocessor directives of the libcurl project and my application. This eliminates all the dependencies required by protocols you likely do not need. The application now works without requiring any DLLs at all.

Beside the above, I just needed to make sure libcurl.lib and the path to the curl include files were set in the application's visual studio project settings.

References I used:

Disabling Specific Protocols in Win32 builds: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2011-12/0123.html

Using libcurl in Visual Studio (out-dated): http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/visual_studio.pdf