Re: Internationalization

I would have thought you would ship a .msi file that installed everything required. Given
that you are concerned about one of the two dozen DLLs that are involved in your program
running, why is this one singled out as being a point of concern?

Modern installs do side-by-side installs so everything you need should be in the shipment
package. Except for the two dozen DLLs that are involved in your program running (a
rather simple app I did required 26 DLLs, so I may be a little high or a little low, but
it is a HUGE number of DLLs that are expected to work, and there have been known bugs in
some of the OLE support DLLs, among other classics, and you CAN'T statically link code to
make these go away...)
joe

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:35:16 -0600, "Thomas Mooney" <tfm3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Pete Delgado" <Peter.Delgado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Thomas Mooney" <tfm3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Greetings,

I have an application that my client wants to internationalize. I've
read
Microsoft's Knowledgebase article on the topic:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198846/en-us

It states "use MFC library as a shared DLL." I have always preferred
"use
MFC in a Static Library."

Just out of curiosity, why do you prefer to do this? I can think of
several
valid reasons, but I wonder what your reasoning is.


I prefer to ship exactly what I have tested. The shared DLL approach
results in a situation where a problem could arise on a machine-by-machine
basis dependent on what the end user has installed. I have zero control
over that so I prefer to exercise control where I can. This may be less of
an issue today, but I've been doing this long enough to have painful
memories of DLL mismatches we referred to as DLL hell. Some traumas leave a
lasting impression. <g>

My 2¢
Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
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