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Redistribution
Redistribution
See also: Deploy Module Tutorial,
WixDeploy tutorial, DeployWixBasic, Deploy Tutorial
The information below with
minor changes applies to both 32 and 64 bit installations
KernelCAD components depend on a number of Dynamic Link Libraries from Microsoft and KernelCAD Runtime files. They all must be present on the target machine for the component to work. When some of the files are missing the application, which uses KernelCAD quite often will not start without any messages
Redistributing via KcRedist Merge Module
This method is simple and
flexible. The merge module KcRedist_5_2_*.msm is available in a zip package from the download page
http://www.dynoinsight.com/ProDown.htm. Most of installer building
software can consume Windows Installer Merege Modules. Simply add the merge
module to the installer project. See how it is done in Visual Studio setup and
deployment project in Deploy Module tutorial
The zip package also includes required dependencies from Microsof. They should be included in any installer along with KcRedist_5_2_*.msm
Ignoring differences in user interface Deploy Module Tutorial and
WixDeploy tutorial provide a comprehennsive guide for creating installations with any installer creation software
Manually created setups
We recommend using this method only if the merge module option is not acceptable for some reason. DeployWixBasic and Deploy Tutorial are demonstrating this approach
To redistribute KernelCAD Runtime files add all content of the Bin folder of the
KernelCAD installation directory, excluding .exe files, to your setup project. If your application is relatively small, consider modifying DeployWixBasic or Deploy Tutorial projects instead of manually adding the files
KernelCAD also depends on: C++ Runtime librarries and MFC library for Visual Studio
2013. It is importatnt to install this particular version of the librraies.To install the librraies use the microsoft merge modules, provided in all redistributable zip packages
http://www.dynoinsight.com/ProDown.htm
This method also requires registering the installed .ocx files. See
Registration for a recommended method of
registration. See more in Deploy Tutorial and DeployWixBasic
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