Re: Visual C++ 2005 - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Andreas Pflug
Subject Re: Visual C++ 2005
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Msg-id 44490329.1000803@pse-consulting.de
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In response to Re: Visual C++ 2005  ("Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
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Dave Page wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Hirodhi Saito [mailto:z-saito@guitar.ocn.ne.jp]
>>Sent: 21 April 2006 16:36
>>To: Dave Page; pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org
>>Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Visual C++ 2005
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>>>Now that Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition is free from Microsoft, is
>>>there any reason not to upgrade the VC project files to the latest
>>>version and drop VC++6 support?
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>>I think VC++6 environment is required until it stops supporting W2K.
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> Why?

Apparently, VC2005 links mandatorily/unavoidable to .NET CRT libs which
aren't necessarily present on the system, and which should not be
delivered with the app (according to MS). If this wouldn't be the
problem, we'd have VC2005 projects in svn for some months now...

Regards,
Andreas

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