--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Heymann <lists@...> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a demo version of my software bundled with Embedded Firebird
> 2.1.1. Now a customer installed that on an XP machine with no Service
> Pack (or an old SP).
>
> I gave the vccrt8_Win32.msi file from the Firebird 2.1.1 Zip file to
> the customer, but he was unable to run it because of his MSI Installer
> being too old.
>
> What can I do to overcome such situations?
>
> I expect hell on earth when I deliver a larger number of demo versions
> to people that just want to install a simple software. Why can't
> fbclient.dll just run on any Windows like it did before?

They had to use the new VS2005 in order to support 64-bit builds on
Windows.

Paul Reeves gave a helpful explanation on the Firebird-devel list a
few months back. (watch for line breaks in the link)

http://www.nabble.com/Fb-2.1-and-MSVC8-installation-myths-p17692751.html

Adam