| Subject | Thoughs on minimum Firebird client installation on Windows |
|---|---|
| Author | samcarleton |
| Post date | 2010-11-05T14:04:56Z |
I just read over the Minimum Firebird Client Installation on Windows (http://www.destructor.de/firebird/minimumclient.htm) page and noticed that the clients do require the Microsoft C++ Runtime. I was working on something a few months ago where the module HAD to be compiled and linked to MSVCRT.DLL. In my hunt, the following blog provided the info needed to link the module to the MSVCRT.DLL rather then MSVCR80.DLL.
http://kobyk.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/dynamically-linking-with-msvcrtdll-using-visual-c-2005/
Has anyone ever tried this? The drawbacks to this approach is that one must install the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) to get the msvcrt.lib and there are some functions which aren't in msvcrt.dll, so when I used it, there were two functions which needed to be tweaked to make up for the fact.
Generally speaking, what are folks thoughts, it getting ride of the dependency worth the trouble or is the dependency not that big of an issue in your opinion?
Sam
http://kobyk.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/dynamically-linking-with-msvcrtdll-using-visual-c-2005/
Has anyone ever tried this? The drawbacks to this approach is that one must install the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) to get the msvcrt.lib and there are some functions which aren't in msvcrt.dll, so when I used it, there were two functions which needed to be tweaked to make up for the fact.
Generally speaking, what are folks thoughts, it getting ride of the dependency worth the trouble or is the dependency not that big of an issue in your opinion?
Sam