Strange MFC Error on Comps

[orcblood]

Okay, I made a simple MFC app that just opens and closes dialogs and all that :). However I have one small problem. I send it to someone else's comp and it gives them an error: A required .DLL file, MFC42D.DLL, was not found Anyone know why this is? Do I have to dig up this dll out of the MSVC++ folder and send it along with the program? Ive tried it on 3 different comps and eachone gives me the same error... Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks, Ive never made a program with MFC before so maybe this is why its not working. orcblood

[Frank Deo]

You are distributing the debug version of your app. Rebuild it as "MFC Release" and re-distribute it. Frank

[orcblood]

How do I do that? Lol Im a newbie at it :). orcblood

[Gary Kirkham]

The easiest thing to do is to go to the Project menu and select Settings.... Then go to the General tab and select the Use MFC in a Static Library option. Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks

[Frank Deo]

Build Menu -> Set Active Configuration -> Click Win32 Release -> ok -> rebuild All. Frank :-D

[orcblood]

It only has Use MFC in a Shared DLL option... orcblood

[orcblood]

Okay, now it gives me two compiling errors: AVI PlayerDlg.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _MCIWndCreateA Release/AVI Player.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals Thanks, I know mroe now lol. orcblood

[Frank Deo]

You are getting this error because the linker doesnt know where to find the symbol _MCIWndCreateA. MSDN documentation says that MCIWndCreate function links to vfw32.lib. Try putting that in your linker options as a required library. Project -> Settings -> Select "Settings for: All Configurations" -> Link Tab Put "vfw32.lib" in the box for "object library modules". Then rebuild. Frank

[orcblood]

Oh thank you soo much guys! It works now woohoo! It also works on other people's comps :). orcblood

[Michael Dunn]

orcblood wrote: It only has Use MFC in a Shared DLL option... You have the learning edition of VC (or whatever it's called, I forget the exact name) which doesn't let you link statically with MFC. But as you've found out, most folks have mfc42.dll already, so your release version works. --Mike-- PROCRASTINATION: Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now. BUY MY SOFTWARE!! (please?) RightClick-Encrypt - file encryption w/Explorer plugins | 1ClickPicGrabber - web page picture grabber for IE My IntarWeb Homepgae!!!11