Running MFC application developed on windows XP on windows 7

Question

Hi MFC experts,

I got my first MFC application running on XP (which has full VS 2008 + SP1).

I have two windows 7 machines: one in which has VS 2008 is installed and in other there is no VS 2008.

My application was executed on both windows 7 machines

1. One with VS 2008 - runs not a problem

2. One without VS 2008 - doesnt run - throws following error dialog

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail

 

My question is : Can I programmatically avoid this happening when building my MFC application on XP ? Or installing some VS related stuff is the only way to get rid of this problem. Please let me know. Thank you.

Answer 1

2. One without VS 2008 - doesnt run - throws following error dialogThe application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail

I'd guess you're not installing the necessary run-time library (DLLs).

My question is : Can I programmatically avoid this happening when building my MFC application on XP ?

If you change your project settings to statically link to MFC (and the
'C' run-time library), you can usually eliminate needing to install
the redistributables.

On the other hand, if your application has multiple components that
will only work with the shared (DLL) run-time, then static linking may
not be an option for you.

Dave

Answer 2

Hi Dave,

 

Thanks a lot for the reply, I statically linked all dependent projects

properties -> general -> Project defaults -> use of MFC = use MFC in a static library.

And it worked

Thanks again.

 

Regards,

Naveen