Project->Options->Linker->Use Dynamic RTL
Project->Options->Packages->Build with runtime packages
this has nothing to do with using a dll or static (mysql)
library.
If you work this one out, could you let me know? It looks
like despite the fact youve staticly linked it, the code it
still looking for .dlls/Other dependants.
you have to use static library, not the stub lib for dll.
you can easily recognize a stub lib, as it is small;
it does not contain code.
IIUC you're trying it with 'mysqlclient.lib',
about 3 MiB in size?
probably you would have to compile the lib yourself,
as the provided binaries are not directly compatible.
although, conversion might be possible. (?)