I am developing a Windows C++ utility using MFC Framework in Visual Studio 6.0(Need to have this combination because of some internal requirements).
My utility installs some softwares, and then configure them from registry. Hence I need to bundle the dependent installer files along with my executable. How can I bundle them all together, so that we can provide an executable to our users which will include all required installer files along with the utility.
PS: I am new to Visual Studio Development environment.
If you just want to create an installer use something like InnoSetup to create a single EXE that can deploy multiple files.
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I'm currently developing a program that uses two external libraries - OpenSSL and SDL2 - and I'm still a little wet behind the ears when it comes to software development. I'm planning on having my app run on both Windows and Mac and I am wondering about the process behind the installation of external dependencies on another machine.
First of all, when I come to deploy my application in Visual Studio, will Visual Studio export those external dependencies/libraries to the output release folder along with my application? If not, how do I have my application install those dependencies on another machine?
Secondly, is it best to build those libraries within, or adjacent to, my project folders, or can they be anywhere on my computer and I just point Visual Studio to them and Visual Studio does the rest?
Any relevant documentation would be greatly appreciated.
I suggest that you could use two tools: depends.exe/ProcessExplorer and InstallShield.
depends.exe/ProcessExplorer is used to check the dll and lib used. InstallShield is used to deploy .exe.
For example:
In ProcessExplorer, you can see the third-party libraries needed for the program PointCloudUI2.0.exe to run.
Then, you could add the corresponding directories and files in the Application Files, this can add the corresponding dependent DLL.
Also, you could refer to Microsoft Docs for more informantion.
I have a c++ program that was originally written in Linux. The program uses functions from the library libzip:
https://libzip.org
I am now working on a windows-based platform in Visual Studio 2017. Everthing works, as I could basically use the same cmake-files as I used on the Linux-platform. However, in Linux I used the package manager to install libzip. I do not have that option in Windows. I somehow need to build a Windows-version for libzip and include the files (header files and lib files) in my CMakeLists.txt file. Can someone help me with a step-by-step guide for this?
Take a look at vcpkg. It is a package manger for the Windows platform. It builds and installs many open source libraries for Windows. libzip is mentioned specifically as one of the ports.
Is it possible for you to use the Nuget Package Manager within Visual Studio?
right click on your solution
select "Manage packages for your solution"
search for libzip
select lipzip and click install
you should now be able to #include "zip.h"
Hi I am looking to create a setup project for my Win32 application developed using Visual Studio 2013. I have created the setup.exe using InstallShield However now i also need to add dependencies which should be installed along with the required application when setup.exe is run.
The dependencies are simply Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.
I went through this article for creating the setup.exe for my application. But I did not find any documentation which directs me how to add dependencies to this installer.
I found this document which describes a walkthrough for adding dependencies but that is no more possible in Visual Studio 2013 as much as I am aware. Now we 'NEED' to use Install Shield. Correct me if I am wrong.
Please direct me to some documentation which will guide me to add dependencies to my setup project.
UPDATE
I found in the InstallShield Project Assistant an option to check for installation requirements. But it requires you to specify the directory to search the particular file. As far as I know the Visual C++ Redistributable package is not installed in any particular location but the only way to detect its presence is to check if the registry key is set to 1.
So instead of checking I'd rather always have the setup file to install the Visual C++ Redistributable package no matter it is present or no.
But even for that how do I go about it?
There might be other reasons you need to use InstallShield that I'm not aware of, but in the simple case of a C++ app that needs the runtime as a prerequisite, I'd use Visual Studio 2015 (Community Edition will do) and add the Installer project extension. The project properties lets you build a prerequisite installer (a setup.exe) and among the choices are the VC++ runtimes. That's just an exe that does its checks and installs if required.
I'm not sure how you got a VC 2015 C++ requirement while developing with VS 2013. Again, VS 2013 also has a community edition and an installer project extension that will install the VS 2013 C++ prerequisites.
The redistributable installers have their own checks to see if they need installing. I wouldn't expect InstallShield to require you to know the detection rules of a C++ runtime. that's a bit odd. There may be another setting where you just say C++ runtime required.
I have an ASP.Net project that's using the ClearScript.V8 library which relies on the Visual Studio 2012 C++ Redistributable to work. I'm faced with the prospect of having to install this on 50+ machines and I'm curious if I can get TFS to do it for me.
I realize this straddles somewhere between Stack Overflow and Server Fault so I'm asking on both sites.
Assuming that the binaries for ClearScript.V8 is included in your project (either as files copied to the bin folder or as a NuGet package) you should be able to also include the necessary Visual C++ redistributables files as binary files in your project. They will then be stored in TFS.
If you prefer NuGet packages you can to set up a local NuGet repository within your organization and create a NuGet package with the necessary DLLs which you then can reference from your project. If NuGet package restore is configured for your solution the package will be downloaded before the solution is built. In VS2012 you will have to make some customizations for this to happen on a Team Foundation Build server.
If you are unsure which DLLs you need to include you can use a tool like Dependency Walker to discover which DLL's are required, or you can debug the application and see which DLLs are loaded in the modules window. Microsoft has some information which DLLs to redistribute.
If you are having problems with conflicting versions of a redistributable DLL getting loaded you can create a side-by-side manifest to ensure that the correct DLL version is loaded into your application. However, as your application is hosted within ASP.NET this is somewhat tricky because w3wp.exe is executed by IIS outside your direct control. You will have to create an activation context to configure the manifest used by your application.
If you need to have things installed on your server for a build I would recommend that you use Chocolatey.
chocolatey.org/
This is an implementation of NuGet in PowerShell to explicitly solve the issue that you face. You can create a powershell file that installs all of the bits that you need and easily include it as a pre build step in TFS 2013. You can use the PowerShell activity from the TFS Community Build Tools to call the PowerShell in TFS 2010 or 2012.
I am using visual studio 2013 with ISLE 2013 to create a windows form application,
it is the first time i use this style,
I successfully built the application but the problem comes after i setup the application on another PC is says msvcp120.dll is missing!
I have searched the web for this problem and I could not find anything?
any ideas?
I am not a windows guy but I will try to answer, as I did some small research. I found information here. It says:
"This file is the dynamic linking library designed as a Microsoft C Runtime Library, usually comming with Microsoft® Visual Studio®. It is a collection of link libraries that contains instructions for the standard C library functions. It is used by almost all Windows programs compiled from C or C++ source code. This library is used for the applications written under Visual Studio."
So, I am guessing it is a microsoft thing. A runtime library that is required to run c/c++ projects built with visual studios. Download the .dll from a source online (just google) and include it into your project directory. If it helps, include that file in your installation file.
Until anybody who is working with windows and has any idea about that dll answers you question, this answer can help you to get started.
found the solution I should add the Visual C++ runtime library installer
Don't download single DLL's from which you know hardly anything from random sites.
From your Visual Studio 2013 installation directory, check C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\redist\1033 and you'll see vcredist_x64.exe and vcredist_x86.exe files that need to be run on your target system.
Use the x64 variant for 64 bit apps. It will install MSVCP120.dll for one, and some other DLL's as well.
Msvcp120.dll is the dll for standard c++ library. When you develop an application using standard c++ in VS 2013, the application defaults to Msvcp120.dll(Msvcp110.dll in VS2012). The client computer should install Visual c++ 2013 Redistributable.
Some dependencies that are on your system because you have Visual Studio installed will not be on the target system. You will need to include them in your installer or install a redistributable package on the target machine.
As there are many options and listing them all here would be too much and also redundant, you may want to visit the Microsoft site for this task and read up on all those options before you decide which you chose.
You can download the .dll file from DLL Store and paste that file into the directory where you have installed the setup.
Hope it will help you.