I want to deploy a C++/CLI application on Windows 7 32bit clients. I have built it using Visual Studio 2017 and I noticed my project needs Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable.
My executable file is less than 1 megabytes and the MSVCR dependency is 13 megabytes, which is really huge for this app.
Is there any way I can reduce this amount of size?
I found a possible solution but I don't know if it is fine or not.
I can compile my C++/CLI code with Visual Studio 2010 toolkit. So I would need C++ Redistributable 2010 for it.
And instead of installing the whole package I can copy msvcr80.dll and msvcp80.dll next to my executable file, which are less than 1 megabyte size together.
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Recently converted VB.NET solution from Visual Studio 2013 4.0 Framework to Visual Studio 2019 4.8 Framework. The solution contains 22 project. Of the 22 projects there is one Windows Form Application and one Windows Service project.
In Visual Studio 2013, compiling the solution would create two .exe files. One for the Windows Form project and another for the windows service project.
After converting to Visual Studio 2019 and compiling the solution, there is only one .exe file being created. That .exe file is for the Windows Form project (startup project).
When solution was being compiled using VS 2013, both .exe files would get created.
Does anyone know what I need to do to get VS 2019 to create the two .exe output files when compiling? Thanks
I have downloaded LLVM source repository form http://releases.llvm.org/download.html.
Now when I am running CMAKE in the source directory it is generating 32bit Visual Studio Projects but I want to generate 64 bit visual studio projects. If someone has already tried please help.
I have gone through the document https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStartedVS.html and certainly as mentioned -Thost=x64 option is not working.
You need to choose the Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64 generator using the option -G.
I am adding this custom build task to my TFS 2010 build workflow, however when attempting to add it (ColinsALMCorner.CustomBuildTasks.dll) to the toolbox, I get error:
'Could not load file or assembly file 'ColinsALMCorner.CustomBuildTasks.dll' or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported'.
I have added all of its dependencies to (I admit, this is probably redundant):
1) the same location where the ColinsALMCorner.CustomBuildTasks.dll resides, which is ..\BuildProcessTemplates\CustomActivities
2) in the Public Assemblies folder: Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies
And I have the build definition xaml file correctly importing the ColinsALMCorner.CustomBuildTasks namespace
Although the activity is set to target .Net 4.5, the documentation says that TFS 2010 / .Net 4.0 is supported, so I assume this should all be possible.
My Questions:
Is this possible with TFS 2010 / .Net 4.0 development environment? My concern is that the error message isn't telling the real story, for example maybe it is able to find it, however just not the right version of the assembly.
Is it likely that since the DLL targets .Net 4.5 I need to have all of its referenced dll's also be the 4.5 version? For example, it references Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client however I only have the version 10.0.0.0 (which I assume the .Net 4.5 version of this might be 11.0.0.0)
Here was the solution, in short story format: I installed Visual Studio 2012. Result: I was able to add ColinsALMCorner.CustomBuildTasks to my workflow in Visual Studio 2010 without error. I assume this means there was a 2012 (v11.0.0.0) DLL or two required to use the activity in 2010, despite the fact that the requirements state:
Team Foundation Build 2010, 2012 or 2013
I developed the project in visual studio 2010. That exe file is not supported for other PC's.
which dotnetframework to be installed? other than dotnetframework is there any other requirements needed?
Are you sure it's not the CPU type you specified during compiling (x86 vs x64 CPU). If you compiled in 64-bit and a user only has a 32-bit processor (x86), your code won't run.
The .Net Framework should work on any PC-based system, but be sure to include it in your deployment or setup package. (you can provide Excel, .NET Framework, and many other packages with your package.)
You should also try to find out what error messages your users are receiving -- which will point you in the right direction.
I am getting a few errors trying to download the new VS2012. Its a fresh install of windows 8 (did the windows update). I have tried not selecting all (no C++, lightswitch, blend, office tools)
I tried different mounting tools for the .ISO but no luck. VS2010 is still working. Running x86. Log file
Errors:
Critical: Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.507 Cannot find the requested object.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Pre-Clean Tool Cannot find the requested object
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Additional Runtime - 11.0.507 Cannot find the requested object.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Core Libraries, Team Foundation Server 2012, Microsoft Framework 4.5 Multi-Targeting pack.... and a few other ones cannot be found. Thanks!
Downloaded the web installer, and that seemed to work. It seems that the iso was corrupted as the MD5 did not match.