[Interest] libeay32.dll - The Ordinal 4369 could not be located

[Phil Hannent]

On 24 January 2014 11:43, Richard Moore <rich at kde.org> wrote:
> On 24 January 2014 11:07, Phil Hannent <phil at hannent.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 24 January 2014 10:57, Soroush Rabiei <soroush.rabiei at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> libeay32.dll belongs to OpenSSL library. I think you have to find which DLL
>>> your code links against and copy it beside your application. That will fix
>>> all (except legal possible issues). You can use dependency walk to find it.
>>
>> I am aware this is an OpenSSL library, however I don't actually depend
>> on it. My application runs fine on development machines and clean test
>> machines. The Qt 5.2.0 installation does not contain that DLL so I
>> assume its compiled into a DLL like QtWebKit.
>
> Qt dynamically loads openssl (using QLibrary) when you try to use SSL
> for the first time, so just because your application isn't linking to
> it directly doesn't mean you don't depend on it. Qt does not have
> openssl 'compiled into it' unless you build your own copy of Qt using
> the -openssl-linked option.
>
>>
>> The problem is that when the file exists Qt is picking it up, when it
>> doesn't exist its using its own internal one. How can I get it to
>> always use the internal one?
>
> There is no internal one.
Great, thank you for the clarification.

However could you explain how QtWebkit is able to view https pages
when the libeasy32.dll is not in my path or next to the application?

Regards
Phil Hannent