Hi,

I'm using a subdirs project to build my project together with some required libraries like ChrisW67 suggested in this thread:
http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/5740...e-project-file

Now I also need to use OpenSSL (lcrypto).
On Linux I just installed the OpenSSL package provided by the distribution.

My problem is related to Windows. There I built OpenSSL on my own with mingw. If I want to use it in my project I have the same problem as I described in this post of the last thread:
http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/5740...409#post256409

I can't use the same solution with the subdirs project since OpenSSL is no qmake-project (at least I think it is not possible, correct me if I'm wrong!).
To work around the problem I tried to copy the OpenSSL libraries (*.dll and *.a files) in the corresponding system directories (System32 for 64-bit version and SysWOW64 for 32-bit version) hoping the linker is able to find them there. It isn't.
I noticed that ChrisW67 added a solution for determining the target architecture on Windows in the old thread, but I think the best solution would still be to put the libraries in appropriate system directories that the linker will find them and will use the right version (32-/64-bit).
So the question is, where do I have to install the libraries (especially the *.a files) on Windows that the linker is able to find them?

Thanks for helping.