Victor Bazarov wrote:
> James Kanze wrote:
> > On Apr 18, 1:15 am, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
> >> Salman wrote:
> >>> I would like to know how I can distribute the application that I
> >>> create with Visual C++ express edition. I checked the menu options
> >>> to find a deploy option similar to the one found on the Visual Basic
> >>> Express Edition but could not find one. I have even searched the
> >>> help files and could not find anything useful for me. I want to
> >>> simply package my application so that I may install it on another
> >>> computer.
> >> Your question is unfortunately off-topic here. All Visual C++
> >> specific inquiries belong to 'microsoft.public.vc.*' hierarchy of
> >> newsgroups.
> > Sort of, but...
> > Isn't it possible that he doesn't understand the difference
> > between C++ and an interpreted language a la Basic? As far as I
> > know, you deploy a C++ program developped with VC++ just as you
> > would deploy one developped with any other compiler: you copy
> > the executable to whatever machine its meant to run on. There's
> > no special action required. (Obviously, the problem becomes
> > more complicated if you are using dynamically loaded objects, or
> > a cross compiler. But the basic principle remains: you copy the
> > necessary files to wherever.)
> I don't believe the definition of "deployment" is present under "C++
> language", that's why I am not sure I understand your "but".
Are you saying that deployment can't be done in or with C++?
That the concept is foreign to C++, and that it isn't supported
by C++.
The general rule has always been: if the answer would be the
same for most languages, but different between platforms: off
topic. If the answer would be the same for most platforms, but
different depending on the language, on topic. Rather
obviously, the original poster has encountered something
different between C++ and Basic. And I deploy C++ programs in
exactly the same manner under Windows, Linux and Solaris.
Don't be led astray by the fact that question mentions Visual
C++, and asks about a button. The answer is that C++ (as it is
usually implemented) doesn't require anything special for
deployment. Typically, Java and Basic do. The answer depends
on the programming language. (Although it is more general: C,
Pascal, Ada and Fortran also typically don't need any such
functionality. Cobol varies, and I've encountered both
situations.)
> [Also,
> many programs written in Basic might actually be deployed by copying
> the executable(s), so there is no essential difference between C++
> and Basic as far as deployment is concerned.
Might be---I know that compiled Basic's exist. But it's often
not the case, and apparently not the case here.
> ] Here is what his
> question most likely is: "what other than my own files do I need to
> put into the deployment package, and what tools exist to create the
> package so that the user will need to exert minimal effort to install
> it?"
The question was explicitly about a menu option which was
missing. And the answer is that the way C++ normally works, the
corresponding functionality is not needed. The answer is in the
difference in the way C++ and Basic are normally implemented.
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