pestpp 2.5.24 does not compile when building dlls

[jbensabat]

Hello I have downloaded the last version of pestpp and when trying to build it using the provided MSVC solution or using CMake it fails. The reason is that the build is configured to generate dll and during the building of the dlls the export libraries are not built. I finally solved the problem by switching to static libraries but I would prefer using dlls
thanks
jac

[mwtoews]

You mean setting -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON? I had this working years ago (related to #45) but I think I had some issues on some platforms, and I found static builds less problematic. I've been considering looking at this sometime, particularly for https://github.com/conda-forge/pestpp-feedstock since conda-forge packages thrive with shared libs.

[jbensabat]

it compiles the libraries and creates dll but export library so the exe apps can't build. One way to overcome is to make sure the export flag is set during the coonstruction of the libs or alternatively to use directly functions from dll (more complex)