How to use jsoncpp without jsoncpp.dll?

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strcpy(this->encoding, jsonvalue.get("encoding", "").asCString());

I need to work with json data in my program, yesterday i downloaded it using nuGet, coded all i needed, commented path to jsoncpp.lib but system doesnt allow me to start the program due to missing jsoncpp.dll. Does this mean i need to take the dll everywhere with my program? If so, im not happy with that so can i solve this? Or if its impossible, which json libraries that doesnt require dll can i use ?

Perhaps you want to compile jsoncpp as a static library. I don't know if the license permit that (i.e. redistributions of binaries linked to a static library), and I don't know how to do that on Windows. I would believe you should distribute the .dll with your program. Read about DLL hell — Basile Starynkevitch
– Basile Starynkevitch, Commented Jul 28, 2014 at 8:08
That's the problem: i dont want people to take the dll everywhere with my program when i share it. I hate when people do that and dont want to do myself. Its just small program 2000 rows of code, not big project with installer and thousands features. — user3883435
– user3883435, Commented Jul 28, 2014 at 11:01
You could make your program free software and publish your source code. The burden of compiling JSONCPP is then left to the user. — Basile Starynkevitch
– Basile Starynkevitch, Commented Jul 28, 2014 at 11:04

Sga · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-28 11:31:14Z

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download amalgamation (all source is in one file)
add jsoncpp.cpp to your project
uncomment #define JSON_IS_AMALGAMATION in json.h
add #include "json/json.h" at the beginning of your source code

answered Jul 28, 2014 at 11:31

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Sga Over a year ago

if your compiler can't find json/json.h be sure to add its parent folder to your include paths

cdunn2001 Over a year ago

You don't need to uncomment #define JSON_IS_AMALGAMATION. The amalgamated header sets that up for you. You need only to set your include path properly.

cdunn2001 · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-17 01:17:17Z

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Please use the latest source-code. The project has moved to GitHub. cmake would probably solve your problem.

answered Feb 17, 2015 at 1:17

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