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Alex - 14 Sep 2007 16:54 GMT

Hi all,

I developed an mfc based application. Now, I need to create setup for
this application. Now, I need to finde what are all the supporting dlls/libs
for this application? I checked with dependency walker then created setup
with 5 dlls.

But, it is not working at my test bed. It is giving below error:

Please reinstall your application. It may resolve this issue like
that. this is incorrect application.

How to find the support dlls/libs for an mfc application?

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Thanks & Regards,
Alex.

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SvenC - 14 Sep 2007 17:19 GMT

Hi Alex,

> I developed an mfc based application. Now, I need to create setup for
> this application. Now, I need to finde what are all the supporting
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> How to find the support dlls/libs for an mfc application?

You are using VC++ 2005 right? The web is full with answers, google is your
friend.

http://www.google.de/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLJ_d
eDE209DE209&q=VC%2b%2b+redistributable

In short: your executable will have a manifest which describes which c++
libraries are needed. MFC and the VC++ runtime starting with version 8 (VC++
2005) are installed as side by side dlls in the WinSxS directory (available
with WinXP and above). The loader will not accept a runtime dll loaded from
a different directory when such a manifest is found. Therefore copying the
dlls into the exe directory is not sufficient anymore.

So you either need to use vcredist_x86.exe or the msm files if you build an
msi for your apps setup. Be carefull: if you applied VS 2005 SP1 your
executables will reference the SP1 runtime version so you will need to use
the updates vcredist or msm files.

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SvenC

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David Wilkinson - 14 Sep 2007 20:53 GMT

> In short: your executable will have a manifest which describes which c++
> libraries are needed. MFC and the VC++ runtime starting with version 8
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> executables will reference the SP1 runtime version so you will need to
> use the updates vcredist or msm files.

Or you could use static linking.

To the OP: This is not the right group for MFC questions.

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David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP

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Brian Muth - 15 Sep 2007 05:13 GMT

> Or you could use static linking.

which is even easier and reliable.

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