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Normand AubryHOW to create a DLL with the xpp fucntions
on Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:48:54 -0500
How to create a DLL compact file that will contain only the used fonction
within a program file?
When running and exe file outside of the install environnement of xbase on
an other computer you have to copy most of the xpp DLL files contain in the
/LIB directory.
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Phil Ide
Re: HOW to create a DLL with the xpp fucntions
on Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:29:04 +0000
Normand,

> How to create a DLL compact file that will contain only the used fonction
> within a program file?
> When running and exe file outside of the install environnement of xbase on
> an other computer you have to copy most of the xpp DLL files contain in the
> /LIB directory.

Actually, you shouldn't distribute the DLL's from /LIB, you should use the
files in /RUNTIME.

For the Xbase++ 'system' files, only distribute the ones used by your
application - but for each of these you'll need to use the whole DLL, not
just the functions in it you know you will need.

For you own DLL's, yopu can create specific versions which reflect the
requirements of particular applications.

Regards,
Phil Ide

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Robert MajorRe: HOW to create a DLL with the xpp fucntions
on Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:02:30 -0500
Hi Phil,

> Actually, you shouldn't distribute the DLL's
> from /LIB, you should use the files in /RUNTIME.

Well, I'm not so sure.  The DLLs in /LIB and /RUNTIME should
be the exactly the same but there was some oversight at
Alaska with the /RUNTIME DLLs for 1.82.294 which had not
been "re-based".  It also seems (according to Frank++) that
Alaska performs all their tests on the DLLs in the /LIB
folder since these are the ones that are in the path when
installing Xbase++.  So, IMO, it seems a bit safer to
distribute the DLLs in the /LIB folder.

Robert
Phil Ide
Re: HOW to create a DLL with the xpp fucntions
on Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:02:37 +0000
Robert,

>> Actually, you shouldn't distribute the DLL's
>> from /LIB, you should use the files in /RUNTIME.
> 
> Well, I'm not so sure.  The DLLs in /LIB and /RUNTIME should
> be the exactly the same but there was some oversight at
> Alaska with the /RUNTIME DLLs for 1.82.294 which had not
> been "re-based".  It also seems (according to Frank++) that
> Alaska performs all their tests on the DLLs in the /LIB
> folder since these are the ones that are in the path when
> installing Xbase++.  So, IMO, it seems a bit safer to
> distribute the DLLs in the /LIB folder.

A case of reality overruling legality .

Actually, I delete all the DLL's from /LIB that are duplicated in /RUNTIME,
and therefore I only actually use the /RUNTIME versions.  My apps work fine
with the only errors being mine 

Regards,
Phil Ide

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* Xbase++ FAQ, Libraries and Sources: *
* goto: http://www.idep.org.uk/xbase  *
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