setup project

[Franken]

Hi everybody, I've written a mfc application which uses dundas gauge controls (together with windows forms). Everything works fine in debug or release mode but when I try to install the software on a different machine (windows XP, freshly installed) the application don't even start. Actually the installation works fine but the software don't run. I've checked all dependencies with dependency walker and also included "DundasWinGauge.dll" in the setup project (VS2005 setup wizard). DotNet is installed on the target machine. If I exclude the dundas gauge control then the application also runs on the target machine. Does anybody have an idea? Best regards, Frank.

[David Crow]

By chance, do you need vcredist_x86.exe on the target machine?

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[Franken]

I don't know. What is vcredist_x86.exe? It's my first mixed-mode setup project. Actually it's my first setup project at all.

[David Crow]

Franken wrote:

What is vcredist_x86.exe?

See here.

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"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

[Franken]

hm, this unfortunatly doesn't solve the problem:(. I've installed vcredist_x86.exe on the target machine but the error still occurs.

[David Crow]

Ok, could it be a (ActiveX) control that needs to be registered?

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"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

[Franken]

I use TeeChart as ActiveX Control but this doesn't seem to make problems. It is the only ActiveX control which I use. When I build the setup project with the ActiveX control and without the gauge control (dll) everything works fine. The gauge control don't have any ActiveX component.

[carrivick]

Is it you maifest file ?

[Franken]

I don't know wether the problem is due to the manifest file. I have know experience with mixed-mode setup projects. I just added the exe file to the setup wizard and when I compile the setup project it recognizes the dependency to the dundaswingauge.dll which is then added to the setup project. When I exclude the dundas gauge control from the project. The application runs fine also on the target machine. The dundaswingauge.dll doesn't show up in the manifest file. Might this be the problem? Best regards, Frank.