A Little Discovery

[That Asian Guy]

So... exams are over and I decided to play around a bit with Visual Studio.

I found out that if u change the "Copy Local" property of your program to true, it will use references (mostly .dll files) directly from the folder of ur program.

So, what good does this do?

Pros:

Additional references can be used without the user installing it
Needed if you use external controls


Cons:

If you are missing one file ur screwed


Heres a contest program i made in C# using this method.
http://rapidshare.com/files/88094928/Contest_Organizer_v2.rar

[♦▬♣ KarnaX ♣▬♦]

"This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem"

Are you sure you did upload all the necessary files in order for this program to be executed.
And this is the first time i heard you could use visual studio without net framework.

[That Asian Guy]

"This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem"

Are you sure you did upload all the necessary files in order for this program to be executed.
And this is the first time i heard you could use visual studio without net framework.

*Sigh*

Try this, I made it in C#. For some weird reason my programs in C++ dont seem to run on other's computers.

*changed uploaded file*

If this still doesnt work then that means Microsoft Forums arent always rite :P

[♦▬♣ KarnaX ♣▬♦]

That one in C# worked fine.

[That Asian Guy]

eh my C++ is weird

personally, I think microsoft puts so much less effort into VC++, simply because they didnt create it themselves

[Playa02]

dam if only i knew how to read C++ but learning visual basic stuff right now. Then C++.

Just wondering how long does it take to learn C++

[magenmon]

i got a library book and learned advanced C++ in about a month (over summer with no school)

its not hard, and doesnt take long as long as your dedicated.

[That Asian Guy]

thats true, its not hard especially if u know other languages

over the summer, with no experience in programming, i learned C++ in 6 weeks

C# and C++ are pretty much the same

[.Helix//]

i got a library book and learned advanced C++ in about a month (over summer with no school)

its not hard, and doesnt take long as long as your dedicated.

This is a bit off topic, but what is the title of the book that you used? All the books at my library are for VC++ 6...old...

[That Asian Guy]

msdn is better than any book

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/ms229335(en-US,VS.80).aspx
and
http://forums.microsoft.com

[CioNide]

Where would I find the Copy Local option?

[That Asian Guy]

highlight the reference and look in the properties window

[That Asian Guy]

dug up this thread i posted awhile ago, you still need .NET framework because its the virtual machine needed to run the program