How to make a C++ project to copy its dependencies to the output folder?

Question

I have some libs that are used by my C++ Visual Studio project. But they aren't copied to the output folder. How to add this step to the build process?

Answer 1

Go to project properties and use Custom Build Step or Build events. Just use command line commands. You can use macros to specify paths.

Answer 2

You can add external-projects on which your project depends to Project Properties->Common Properties->Framework and References.

No copying of libraries needed.

You can also change the output path of your library-projects to a path that is found by the linker.