[Py2exe-users] improving tutorial wiki page re: msvc runtime

[Jonathan H. <ta...@ta...>]

Hey all,

Now that I sort-of understand how to bundle the MS Visual C runtime with 
my py2exe applications (thanks to all who helped me get up to speed), 
I'd like to update the tutorial page on the py2exe wiki, to add more 
specific and up-to-date info about providing the MSVC runtime dll.

For the moment, I'll post it as a new subsection near the bottom of the 
Tutorial page. If that section gets long or detailed, it could be split 
off as a new page.

This is just a quick heads-up in case anyone else was thinking about 
doing the same thing, or wants to help and/or suggest anything that 
really ought to be included. My rough draft looks like:

    after 'Excellent, it works!' a new section, which gathers together
    all existing references to the msvc runtime.

    == Providing the MS VC runtime ==

    A sentence on what this is.

    === Python 2.4 or 2.5 ===
    Note that MSVCR71.dll is provided by py2exe, and if you have rights
    to redistribute, you need do nothing more. If you do not have rights
    to distribute, your users (or your installer) need to run
    vcredist_x86.exe, with a link to download it.
    /HELP! Does it matter which version of vcredist_x86.exe they run in
    this case? In particular, is MSVCR71.dll included in the visual
    studio 2008 redistributable that will be referenced below? I'll
    experiment to try and discover this tonight, but would appreciate
    any input./

    === Python 2.6 and newer ===
    Note that you must provide MSVC90.dll yourself. Note how several
    versions of this file exist, with the same filename, and 9.0.21022.8
    is the one you need.

    If you have rights to redistribute, how to create a Win32 assembly
    using the dll and a manifest file.

    If you do not have rights to redistribute, your users (or your
    installer) need to run vcredist_x86.exe, with a link to download it.
    (VC2008 version (not SPI which seems to install the wrong version of
    MSVC90.dll ))

    == Build an installer if applicable ==
    (unmodified)


Critisism or suggestions greatly welcomed. Best regards,

     Jonathan

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