Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] portable app for windows.

[John R. C. <jo...@we...>]

On Thursday 10 May 2007 22:19, David Essex wrote:
> John R. Culleton wrote:
>  > In Tcl/Tk we have the concept and implementation of
>  > a feature called a tclkit.
>  > The entire applicaton, including all necessary runtime
>  > components, can be packaged into a single zip file which
>  > can be unzipped and run on a foreign system.
>  > This is primarily applicable to MSWIn systems, which
>  > typically won't have a COBOL runtime installed.
>  >
>  > Let me start with the basic question: what minimum
>  > requirement is there on a MSWin system to run a TinyCOBOL
>  > executable?
>  >
>  > End users are not into installing Cygwin etc.
>
> Any application compiled with MinGW does not require other
> libraries (DLL's) to run on any Win32 platform (Asta-la-Vista ?).
>
> The only requirements to run a TC executable, compiled using MinGW,
> is the TC run-time, and the TC run-time helper libraries, PDcurses
> and BDB1. Plus what ever extra libraries used (ex. Tcl/Tk).
>
> If static libraries are used, in the link step, to create a Win32
> executable, then no other libraries (DLL's) need to be installed.
>
> If any DLL's are used, in the link step, to create a Win32
> executable, then these DLL's are required, to be installed on the
> system, to run the executable.
>
> Hope this helps.
>

I hope so too:<)

Can all the required files be packaged up in zip file and deployed 
into a single directory on the end user's machine? 

I think I can avoid using DLLs although I have not yet fooled with 
Tiny on a Windows partition. 

John Culleton
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