Friday, November 09, 2007

Skins And MS Visual Studio 2005 Redisribution

There is a known problem with redistribution of non-dotNet\VC++ applications developed in VS 2005.

It's not enough to supply the required dlls, as at some points your application will still fail to launch on a fresh installations of Windows OS.

The only workaround for this situation is to deploy "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package" with your installation.

SkinCrafter engine is written in VC++, and since version 3.0 SkinCrafter ActiveX will be built in VS 2005 too.

Therefore, it's highly recommended to bare in mind the fact of MS VC++ Redist Package dependency when upgrading and deploying your products.

One more note, there are two versions of VC++ Redistribution package available at Microsoft website:

1) Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package
2) Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package

We will use the latest SP1 version.

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