RE: luaconf.h patch for the Borland/CodeGear compiler

["King, Mike" <MKing@...>]

>> When I run lua.exe, it doesn't use the dll that's in the directory. I'm using the prebuilt package from LuaForge (http://luaforge.net/frs/download.php/3134/lua5_1_3_Win32_bin.zip).  I discovered this when I ran lua.exe on a fresh install of Windows XP.

> That's because the DLL search order looks for a DLL in the executable directory before looking in the current working directory. See the link below:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682586.aspx

Sorry, I didn't fully explain.  The latest build of the Lua interpreter up on LuaForge doesn't run on a fresh install of Windows XP because it cannot find the required Microsoft runtime DLL.  As far as I can tell, the DLL that's part of the package is never used.


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