When you link a (dynamic) library build by the developer with a, for example, main.c programme, the run window opened 
gives you the following message : "Image not found".

Different tests were made with GNU development tools(within a terminal window) and Xcode. Both - GNU and Xcode - give 
the same error not authorizing the run of the software build. However, with these two IDEs, a new indication allows us 
to understand what (not) happend. In fact, the library must be in the folder /usr/local/lib the default value).

When you copy the library in this default folder, the software does run.

What I have tested : 
- in NetBeans : using the -Lthe_path_of_our_library option, as for GNU gcc compiler/linker. It seems that NetBeans 
doesn't take this option into account. With the library copied in /usr/local/lib, however, it works as I said before ;
- in Xcode : copying the library into /usr/local/lib makes the software running. However, when it is not there, it 
fails. The tip found thanks to Xcode : in the Build Settings options of the project, when I defined a new option from 
the developer, entering LD_LIBRARY_PATH with the value Lthe_path_of_our_library makes the software running, even though 
the library is not in /usr/local/lib.

Please kindly find below how you should have to fix this recurrent error. So, what I propose to you for the next 
versions of NetBeans :
- possibility 1 : when you indicate to NetBeans what library to load 'select by browsing), force NetBeans to add the 
new path library (-L option) to Lthe_path_of_our_library (if this, option works with this IDE) ;
- possibility 2 : creating a new configuration/option window or menu to always update LD_LIBRARY_PATH (NB In the APPLE 
ADC Developer documentation, it seems that three related flags could be set) ;
- maybe other possibilities.

Hoping you a good receipt. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,



Laurent Delphin