Re: Delivering ICU with a product

[Daniel S. <SU...@de...>]

Hi Andy,

thanks, but then another question:

You said:  "and to set up the app installation to make sure that it's using
your copy of ICU, and not some
other random copy that happened to already be on the user's system."

But how do I do this ?
I think I have to:

1. add the folder where the icui18n.dll and other needed icu dlls are to
the PATH environment variable
2. set up the ICU_DATA environment variable with the path to the
icudata.dll.

But how can I make sure that my product will use my ICU_DATA environment
variable and the path where my icui18n.dll is and not those of another
installed software based on another version of ICU ?


Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Daniel Suski

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"Daniel Suski" <SU...@de...>@www-124.southbury.usf.ibm.com  asked

> Which ICU files (lib, dll, whatever...) do I have to really include and
> deliver with my product ?? I guess that I don't have to deliver and
install

<Hon...@hy...> replied
>
> I believe you just need icudata.dll, icuuc.dll and icui18n.dll.

Yes.

Even better, the character set conversions, normalization and string
functions don't need the icui18n dll.  If you don't need collation, break
iteration, transliteration or the other higher-level functions from ICU,
you can omit the I18n dll from your distribution package.

It's safest to package the ICU DLLs (or .sos, or whatever they're called
on your platform) with the distribution of your app, and to set up the app
installation to make sure that it's using your copy of ICU, and not some
other random copy that happened to already be on the user's system.  You
want your users to be running the same ICU code that you did your testing
with.

Andy Heninger
IBM, Cupertino, CA
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