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You may be developing an application for XP Embedded, or porting one that you have tested on XP Pro over to XP Embedded, and need some of the redistributable files that are part of Visual Studio\.NET in order for your application to work. A question that has been asked in the newsgroup and forums has been how to get these files on the XP Embedded system. If the .NET component is already included in the runtime configuration will the appropriate files be brought into the system? The answer is “Maybe” – it all depends on the version of the files you need. Some of the more recent files (like the MFC 8.0 library) may not be included in the existing .NET Framework versions that have been shipped with the database, or you may not require the whole of .NET Framework (with its associated footprint) for your application to work. You can include the redistributable files (both .dll and .man files) that your application requires with your application or create a separate component for them and add that to your configuration as discussed in this forum post . To find out which files your application depends on you could use Dependency Walker to analyze your application’s file dependencies. Just be sure of two things – you are allowed to redistribute the files, and that you thoroughly test your application on Embedded to flush out any possible missing dependencies before deploying.
- Lynda
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- Anonymous
September 28, 2007
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