[gdal-dev] Missing msvcr80.dll ?

[Stefan Moebius]

Another solution for avoiding pain for users is to link msvcrt statically. 
For this you need to change the compiler switch /MD into /MT (/MDd to /MTd 
for debug). Note that if you link against external libraries (like geos, 
proj4, etc.), you need to recompile those too with the same change.

--
Stefan

Martin Chapman wrote:
> Harsh,
> 
> Hey, good point and on another note, recently Microsoft released a Visual
> Studio update that deploys an even newer version of the CRT that fixes a
> security fix.  Problem is that if you have Automatic Updates turned on and
> you don't know that you got this update you can make the mistake of
> recompiling your project and setup application without including the merge
> module dependency for the new CRT in your setup program.  When you deploy to
> a machine that didn't get this update you will get a nasty error that your
> app can't start because of a missing DLL or missing side by side dependency.
> 
> 
> Moral of the story, if GDAL use to work and it doesn't anymore all of the
> sudden check your manifest and make sure you know what CRT or CRT's your
> application needs to redistribute.
> 
> Martin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harsh Govind [mailto:harsh.govind at spadac.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 2:21 PM
> To: Martin Chapman; 'Martin Hvidberg'; gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [gdal-dev] Missing msvcr80.dll ?
> 
> And unlike previous versions (msvcrt71) you cannot copy over 8.0 versions
> dlls from somewhere to your application directory in order to make it work.
> The solution per Martin's suggestion is to install vcredist.exe.
> 
> Regards,
> Harsh Govind
> SPADAC Inc.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Martin Chapman
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:00 PM
> To: 'Martin Hvidberg'; gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [gdal-dev] Missing msvcr80.dll ?
> 
> Martin,
> 
> Sounds like that copy of GDAL you have has a manifest dependency on that
> version of the C runtime.  You can download the vcredist.exe for the 8.0
> version of the CRT from Microsoft and install it on that computer or make
> your own by including the merge module for that CRT in a custom setup
> program.
> 
> Best regards,
> Martin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Martin Hvidberg
> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:57 PM
> To: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [gdal-dev] Missing msvcr80.dll ?
> 
> Dear Group
> 
> Thanks for GDAL
> 
> I am running a script in Python, using GDAL.
> Would like to run it on another (faster) computer.
> Installed Python and GDAL
> 
> 
> When I run the program it asks for a MSVCR80.dll file
> 
> Cant find it anywhere on the computer
> 
> Tried to copy it from the old computer, but it won't accept to load that.
> 
> What the h... is MSCVR80 and how do I get it onto my computer ???
> 
> Best Regards
> Martin Hvidberg