From: Damphyr <damphyr@...>
Date: 2003-09-25T06:17:00+09:00
Subject: Re: exerb problem - dll not found

Berger, Daniel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Ruby 1.6.8
> Windows XP Pro
> exerb 2.6.7
> 
> I recently was able to successfully build an exe on my own XP Pro box 
> and it worked fine.  This application includes Ruby packages that are C 
> extensions. I gave it to a co-worker to test on his XP Pro box and he 
> got this error:
> 
> "This application has failed to start because MSVCR70.dll was not 
> found.  Re-installing the application may fix this problem".
> 
> Now, I do have VC++ 7 on this box, and I'm assuming that's where the dll 
> came from.  My question is, why does it need this dll?  Is it because of 
> the C extensions?  Or did I build it badly?  Is there a way around this 
> or will I simply have to distribute the dll with the exe file as part of 
> a distribution?
> 
msvcr*.dll and msvcrt.dll are the runtime libraries for windows.
You either redistribute them, link statically or do it with VC++6.0 
whose runtime is in all installations of Win98 or later.
I don't know anythign about exerb (something I need to rectify), but 
check to see if it will allow you to built statically.
Cheers,
V.-


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