[GEM-dev] new test windows dll

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Apr 25, 2006, at 7:11 PM, chris clepper wrote:

> On 4/25/06, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:
> An easy solution for that DLL is to have it included in the Pd- 
> extended installer.  Its already handling a number of DLLs and its  
> quite trivial to add another.  packages/win32_inno/Makefile could  
> copy the DLL from %SystemRoom%\system32, if its there, then the  
> installer package will test if its installer a newer version of the  
> that DLL, then install it.
>
> And then you would break all sorts of apps on the user's machine.   
> Welcome to DLL hell.   A 'better' solution is to include the C++  
> runtime for VC6, VS 2003 and VS 2005 with Pd itself.  That's the  
> way MS wants it done and that's why you end up with 32 copies of  
> the same DLL on a windows machine.  Brilliant!
>

Well, that can be easily arranged too.  I also shudder when I am  
being sucked into Windows land... they've made so many arcane,  
bizarre design decisions.

.hc


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