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From: Chris Tenaglia <cdt@post.its.mcw.edu>
To: Mark Evans <evans@gte.net>
Cc: jeffery@cs.utsa.edu, icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU,
Ramon Pereda <rpereda@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
Subject: Re: Stand-alone executables
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Isn't this kind of like Visual Basic requiring VBRUN???/DLL
somewhere on the path? The runtime libraries help keep the
executables small.
Chris Tenaglia (system manager) | The future foretold,
Medical College of Wisconsin | The past explained,
8701 W. Watertown Plank Rd. | The present largely appologized for.
Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414)456-8765 | Organon to the Doctor
On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Mark Evans wrote:
> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 23:34:00 -0600
> From: Mark Evans <evans@gte.net>
> To: jeffery@cs.utsa.edu
> Cc: icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU, evans@gte.net,
> Ramon Pereda <rpereda@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
> Subject: Re: Stand-alone executables
>
> I just tried to show off my new VIB Icon program, and it bombed. The
> trouble has something to do with the method of bundling the code as a
> stand-alone executable. The bundling seems to create a dependance on
> one or more hardwired file names.
>
> To reproduce the bug:
>
> Build an Icon VIB program as a stand-alone .exe. Note the drive letter
> of the hard drive on which it was built.
>
> Now, take the .exe file to another Windows PC that does not have any
> Icon installation. Copy it to a hard drive on the second PC with a
> *different* drive letter than the original build. Run the copied .exe
> on the second machine, and...
>
> Crash into the console. "Could not find a required file, press any key
> to kill program" or words to that effect.
>
> Could someone in the know please try this experiment and figure out a
> fix.
>
> Regards -
>
> Mark
>
>