Can I redistribute debughlp.dll coming with VS .NET 2003?

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Laura T.

Sorry if this is off-topic(?).

I have not found any info if it is possible to redistribute with
my app the VS .NET 2003 version of debughlp.dll
in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE
directory (v. 6.0.17.0).

Is it legal? Is there an .EXE for it or can I just include the dll in
my deployment (naturally installing it in the app dir)?

Thanks,

Laura
 
Laura said:
Sorry if this is off-topic(?).

I have not found any info if it is possible to redistribute with
my app the VS .NET 2003 version of debughlp.dll
in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE
directory (v. 6.0.17.0).

Is it legal? Is there an .EXE for it or can I just include the dll in
my deployment (naturally installing it in the app dir)?

Thanks,

Laura
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Sure

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=CD1FC4B2-0885-47F4-AF45-7FD5E14DB6C0

Should only be necessary for NT4 and W9x
 
Laura said:
I have not found any info if it is possible to redistribute with
my app the VS .NET 2003 version of debughlp.dll
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The correct name is: dbghelp.dll
in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE
directory (v. 6.0.17.0).

Is it legal? Is there an .EXE for it or can I just include the dll in
my deployment (naturally installing it in the app dir)?
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No.
You can take a look into the redist.txt file on the VS2003 cd...

BUT:
You can simply download the current debugging tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ddk/debugging/

and then you have the newest version of the dll (6.2.13.1)
AND it is allowed to redistribute this dll.

<redist.txt of Debugging tools>
(1) You may redistribute dbghelp.dll version 6.2.13.1
</redist.txt of Debugging tools>

I think they just forgot to mention in the VS2003 redist.txt, that you
can also redist the dbghelp.dll

--
Greetings
Jochen

Do you need a memory-leak finder ?
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/leakfinder.asp
 
Jochen Kalmbach said:
The correct name is: dbghelp.dll
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My fault. :-)
No.
You can take a look into the redist.txt file on the VS2003 cd...

BUT:
You can simply download the current debugging tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ddk/debugging/

and then you have the newest version of the dll (6.2.13.1)
AND it is allowed to redistribute this dll.

<redist.txt of Debugging tools>
(1) You may redistribute dbghelp.dll version 6.2.13.1
</redist.txt of Debugging tools>

I think they just forgot to mention in the VS2003 redist.txt, that you
can also redist the dbghelp.dll
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Well it is a big product so not everything can be controlled. I just
wonder why so big matter for ISVs is left for a small .txt.
--
Greetings
Jochen

Do you need a memory-leak finder ?
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/leakfinder.asp
Click to expand...

Thanks Jochen!

That's all I needed to know.

Laura
 
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