RE: system error 14001 and vcredist

Let me just complement with something we did for Lua for Windows. The LuaBinaries DLL today do not have the manifests embedded. And we had some minor problems that were best solved if they had. So I build a custom DLL for Lua for Windows to have some feedback on this issue. But the LuaBinaries DLLs are not dynamically loaded, so it is not the same problem reported by Ryan.

I was just ready to release the next IUP version including the manifests. I think it is a good idea that modules developed with VC8/VC9 have their manifests embedded. This explicitly says to the system what RTL DLL you are using.

This problem needs to be further investigated. So far I understood that the problem occurs only when using the “lua.exe” executable in an environment that does not have the mscvr80.dll installed on the Windows repository, right?

Best,

scuri

From: lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br [mailto:lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br] On Behalf Of RJP Computing
Sent: terça-feira, 5 de agosto de 2008 21:10
To: Lua list
Subject: Re: system error 14001 and vcredist_x86.exe

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:57 PM, David Burgess <dburgess@gmail.com> wrote:

The MS tool depends.exe, the dependency walker will tell you which
dependent DLLs are not being loaded.

I found out how to solve this issue. The developers are embedding the manifest into the dll and if they just leave it out then Windows has no problem using these external C modules. So I think this needs to be known by all Windows VC8.0 developers to turn that setting off. If you leave it on, then Lua will not be able to late-load the dll without the vcredist_x86.exe. I found out that the IUP developers already leave there manifests out and that is why they worked so well.

I saw a recent thread about the vc run-time and I think what I just found needs to be disscussed. Thoughts?
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Regards,
Ryan
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