Re: [Py2exe-users] including MSVC DLLs in the .exe

[eliben <el...@gm...>]

Daniel Pryden <daniel <at> pryden.net> writes:

> 
> Um... no.  Simply compiling C or C++ code that uses DLLs *at all* with 
> the Microsoft Visual C compiler creates an .exe that has a dependency on 
> msvcr??.dll.  Perhaps this link will clarify things: 
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326922

Interesting, I was not aware of this.

<snip>
> So the answer is: use an installer.  Both NSIS or InnoSetup are freely 
> available and used by other major software projects.  But please don't 
> whine on the py2exe list about how your .exe files have .dll 
> dependencies -- just deal with it, it's not that hard.

Was I whining ? I just enquired for the technical reasons behind the need of
msvcr71.dll with py2exe's results, and you provided it. I thank you for that. 

Eli