Posted by Schwab,Wilhelm K on Jul 14, 2004; 2:47am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Distributing-a-prototype-Dolphin-app-tp3370977p3370982.html

Peter,

> Thanks Chris (and Bill Schwab) for the comments - I think I may persuade
> myself that the cost of an upgrade to D Pro now is not too great, especially
> when set against the cost of going to Canada for the conference.

Canada is a great place to visit, but they have the biggest mosquitoes I
have ever seen =:0


 > However,
> this does not deal with the question whether I can set up my program
> (whether from DVE or Pro) to run from the CD without installing anything on
> the host machine. The link Chris cites suggests not - it implies that it is
> essential to have the VM DLL in c:\Program Files\myApp and two MS DLLs in
> c:\Windows\System32. This means it will be a bit more difficult to do a
> demonstration - I have to  allow time to get the installation done and
> verified, rather than just put the CD in the drive and set it running. Is
> there such a thing as a ready-to-run CD version if I produce it using
> Lagoon?

A "ToGo" executable should not need the VM (it will be included as part
of the exe file), but it probably does have a couple of required DLLs
that are not always present; msvcp60.dll comes to mind.  I _think_ you
will find that MSVCIRT.DLL is no longer needed.

Worst case, I suspect you can use InnoSetup to install required files
and then launch your exe.  Regardless of whether it works at home, I
strongly urge that you take a rescue CD with you.

Good luck!

Bill


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