How to use MFC4.2 dll's with VC++ .NET 2003

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Vijay Chegu

Hi all,

I have two simple question.

1)
When i build a simple mfc app using VC 7.1 it uses mfc 7.1 dll's.
Is there a way i can force it to build the app with mfc42 ?
bcoz i cannot use this app with out supporting dll's.

If i can do it, i can just give my app and not bother about
distributing mfc dll's. I dont want to do a static linking bloating my
application.

1a)
Does MS ships MFC 7 and MFC7.1 dll's with latest OS ?
how about in longhorn atleast ?

2)
What is the best way to distribute mfc 7.1 dll's ?
I have a really small GUI application. Will Install Shield be of any
help ?

Thanx and regards,
Vijay Chegu
//vijaycheguforcemfc42
 
When i build a simple mfc app using VC 7.1 it uses mfc 7.1 dll's.
Is there a way i can force it to build the app with mfc42 ?
bcoz i cannot use this app with out supporting dll's.
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You're unlikely to get away with not shipping supporting DLLs even if
you use MFC42 DLLs.
If i can do it, i can just give my app and not bother about
distributing mfc dll's. I dont want to do a static linking bloating my
application.
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Try static linking - you might find it doesn't increase the size of
your application as much as you might expect.
Does MS ships MFC 7 and MFC7.1 dll's with latest OS ?
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Not as far as I know.
how about in longhorn atleast ?
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Whoa, you're optimistic
What is the best way to distribute mfc 7.1 dll's ?
I have a really small GUI application. Will Install Shield be of any
help ?
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You can create a "deployment" (setup) project using Visual Studio, and
if you've installed the redistributable merge modules when you
installed VS, it should automatically include the correct components
in your setup project.

Dave
 
I would agree with Dave on this. Static linking of the MFC dlls probably
won't bloat your app as much as you think, plus it solves a whole HOST of
"Dll Hell' related issues. I pretty much static link MFC in all of my apps
nowadays.

Later,
Chris
 
Thank you all.

Will probably use installshield setup based application to verify and copy dll's.

Regards,
Vijay Chegu
 
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