--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Fulvio Senore <mailing@...> wrote:

> Versions 2.1 and 2.5 require that the MSVC runtime is installed in
> the computer that runs the program. If it is not installed the
> program will not run, AFAIK.
> This is a problem that you should consider if you want to run the
> program from an USB stick.
>
> I suppose that a solution could be to compile the source code with VS
> 2003, but I have not yet explored it.

If anyone is interested in getting away from the MSVC runtime, have a look at the following link:

http://nn1234.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/vc-90-msvcrtdll-windows-95/

I have succeeded in using this technique to compile SQLite with VS2008 without the MSVC runtime requirement!

Sam