about distributing DLLs (some quick questions)
Quote:
> I was just wondering if there is anything I should watch out
for
> when distributing a FREE VB5.0 Pro program I wrote. My
program relies
> on DLLS (of course), but only those already packaged with
Win98 or
> VB5.0 Pro. When I build my installation program, with
InstallShield,
> it includes the neccessary DLLs, but I have heard of
situations were
> it is ILLEGAL to include some of these files. Is this true?
Any help
> would be greatly appreciated!
If you're ABSOLUTELY sure that the DLLs are included with ALL
versions of Windows on the target machines, you wouldn't have to
include them. As to the ILLEGAL part, Mircosoft spells out each
and every DLL from VB that you're allowed to include. On my
machine it is at "D:\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\REDIST.TXT" (A
1.38 meg TEXT File! - they include every Icon, everything!). If
you can't find it, let me know and I'll send you a zipped copy
(only 138KB).
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