linebender / linebender/piet

Is it possible to link d2d1 statically on Windows?

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Description

I want to build a single file app with druid on Windows.
But druid depends on direct2d, d2d1.dll is dynamically linked.

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Research direction

Start by examining how piet's Direct2D dependency is linked when building a Rust application on Windows. Determine whether d2d1.dll can be statically linked for a single-file Druid app, and document the required build configuration or the limitation if it cannot be done.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
computer-graphics, desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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