# Standalone app: how to embed julia by calling DLL in c/c++

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-app-how-to-embed-julia-by-calling-dll-in-c-c/85088
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** embedding
**Created:** [August 1, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-app-how-to-embed-julia-by-calling-dll-in-c-c/85088 "2022-08-01T07:44:52Z")
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### Author: ![islent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/islent/32/11326_2.png) [@islent](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/islent)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-app-how-to-embed-julia-by-calling-dll-in-c-c/85088/5 "2022-08-20T02:06:51Z")

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> [@RoyiAvital](#):
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> @MatthijsCox published a nice post that might assist you: [Embedding Julia libraries in C++](https://forem.julialang.org/matthijscox/embedding-julia-libraries-in-c-1n12).

Thanks. However, it does not solve the problem:

> [@islent](#):
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> `.lib` files are missing

I also found a similar question (not solved either):

> [@Is it possible for "ccall" to call the shared library created by PackageCompiler.jl?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-for-ccall-to-call-the-shared-library-created-by-packagecompiler-jl/84298/50):
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> Sure, but these are aspirational goals. Here is the current code. Julia does not dynamically launch threads at the moment. They are allocated on startup. They are only shutdown at process exit at the moment.

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