Distribution of Library

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   The SDK uses an exe installer. If I use the library (DLL) in my application is an installer required or will a file copy of the library DLL be sufficient?

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JFullerton Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 24 Jul 14 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote JFullerton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Distribution of Library Posted: 24 Jul 14 at 9:13PM
	The SDK uses an exe installer. If I use the library (DLL) in my application is an installer required or will a file copy of the library DLL be sufficient? Thanks

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Jul 14 at 10:06PM
	Hi Jeff, normally it's okay to put the dll in the path where your app is. The main programming languages (ide) comes along with an additional installer which should be able to install additional files like dlls. Cheers and welcome here, Ingo
	Cheers, Ingo

JFullerton Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 24 Jul 14 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote JFullerton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 14 at 3:11PM
	Do I need to make registry changes on my clients computers so the license key will work?

AndyD Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 30 Apr 13 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 54	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndyD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 14 at 4:08PM
	Hi, just for your information, I program in VB6 and then use a free compiler called Inno to wrap my installer and all associated files, dll's etc. It is very easy to use and takes care of all registering issues for dll's etc. Worth mentioning

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 14 at 11:08AM
	Like AndyD told already ... There are many installers outside (Freeware, too) creating a complete install package with dll-registration incl. Cheers
	Cheers, Ingo

JFullerton Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 24 Jul 14 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote JFullerton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 14 at 8:06PM
	We make our own MSI. I'm wanting to use the DLL or LIB version. So in that case do I still need to register the DLL? What other registry entries would my installer need to make?

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Aug 14 at 7:24AM
	Hi Jeff or John ;-) try to use regsvr32.exe with the dll directly on the commandline. On a 32-bit-system take the regsvr32.exe from system32-directory to Register a 32-bit-dl. On a 64-bit-system take the regsvr32.exe from system32-directory to Register a 64-bit-dl. On a 64-bit-system take the regsvr32.exe from syswow64-directory to Register a 32-bit-dl. If there's no error message raising then you should Register it with your installer. If there's an error message telling you that the dll has no entry point then there's no need to register. In this case you only have to put the dll into the system32-/ syswow64- or the install-path of your application. Cheers, Ingo Edited by Ingo - 06 Aug 14 at 7:27AM
	Cheers, Ingo

JohnTMD Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 21 Jul 14 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote JohnTMD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Aug 14 at 5:47PM
	Just as an FYI... I found it impossible to register the Viewer OCX, (manually or through an installer) on Windows 8 when using version 10.15. On Windows 7 the 10.15 OCX would install manually, but, not through my installer. When I upgraded to 10.16, (both the library and the viewer), as recommended by tech support, everything registers just fine regardless of the method. John

JFullerton Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 24 Jul 14 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote JFullerton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Aug 14 at 4:54PM
	I figured out what the problem was. I was passing an incorrect path to the Debenu supplied MFC wrapper constructor. Works great now. Thanks.