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Michael - 03 Mar 2005 09:47 GMT

Hi!
I've written some simple games and now I want to create installers for them.
I've added the thrid party dlls that I use (fmod, libsdl..) but my games also
need certain Visual Studio .NET dlls.

1. How do I supply the Visual Studio .NET dlls to the end user? (Ship the
.NET-framework?)
2. Is there some tool I can use to find out which dlls that are needed by a
specific exe?

/M

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adebaene@club-internet.fr - 03 Mar 2005 12:53 GMT

> Hi!
> I've written some simple games and now I want to create installers for them.
> I've added the thrid party dlls that I use (fmod, libsdl..) but my games also
> need certain Visual Studio .NET dlls.
>
> 1. How do I supply the Visual Studio .NET dlls to the end user?

That depends on what your app needs...

> (Ship the
> .NET-framework?)

Only if you have buid a managed C++ app.

> 2. Is there some tool I can use to find out which dlls that are needed by a
> specific exe?

Depends (www.dependencywalker.com) for the unmanaged part. ildasm or
.NET reflector (http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/) for the managed
part.

Arnaud
MVP - VC

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Ioannis Vranos - 03 Mar 2005 15:12 GMT

> Hi!
> I've written some simple games and now I want to create installers for them.
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> 1. How do I supply the Visual Studio .NET dlls to the end user? (Ship the
> .NET-framework?)

I guess you mean some .NET framework dlls.

Usually the .NET framework is already installed in most machines these
days. If it is not, you may use the .NET framework redistributable.

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Peteroid - 03 Mar 2005 17:36 GMT

Depends on how 'professional' you want to be. Professional install
applications will likely be able to be able to allow a setup to determine if
it needs Framework (i.e., if it's already installed).

Less professionally, just point to those you give it to to the place on the
web where they can download the most recent version of Framework (it's huge,
over 100+M as I recall).

I'm not sure if it's legal to actually include Framework as part of your
package, but it seems to me its free availablity on the web (and its
requirement for Managed C++ applications) might suggest MS would allow (and
might even encourage) such inclusion...

My 2 cents...

[==Peteroid==]

> Hi!
> I've written some simple games and now I want to create installers for
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>
> /M

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Ioannis Vranos - 03 Mar 2005 17:54 GMT

> I'm not sure if it's legal to actually include Framework as part of your
> package, but it seems to me its free availablity on the web (and its
> requirement for Managed C++ applications) might suggest MS would allow (and
> might even encourage) such inclusion...
>
> My 2 cents...

Yes you can include the framework as part of your application, provided
that you use the redistributable package.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1redist

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