[Insight-users] Re: volview plugin DLL post-build error (clarification)

[Bill Hoffman]

Wes Turner wrote:
> Newer versions of the VS compiler are more touchy about this.  If you 
> are using VS 8, you may need to run the program vcredist.exe on the 
> target machine.  Check out your VS 8 installation directory under 
> subdirectory SDK/v2.0/BootStrapper/Packages.  Just look around until you 
> find the version you need for your target installation.
> 

There is a simpler way to do that, that does not require your users to 
run an executable.   If you copy the dll's and side-by-side manifest 
files right next to your executable it will work.  This is done now by 
CVS CMake if you include InstallRequiredSystemLibraries.cmake.  If you 
want debug libraries you have to set CMAKE_INSTALL_DEBUG_LIBRARIES 
before you include the file.   You can do it by hand if you just copy 
the files, here is the cmake code:


   IF(MSVC80)
     # Find the runtime library redistribution directory.
     FIND_PATH(MSVC80_REDIST_DIR NAMES 
x86/Microsoft.VC80.CRT/Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
       PATHS 
"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\8.0;InstallDir]/../../VC/redist"
       )
     MARK_AS_ADVANCED(MSVC80_REDIST_DIR)
     SET(MSVC80_CRT_DIR "${MSVC80_REDIST_DIR}/x86/Microsoft.VC80.CRT")

     # Install the manifest that allows DLLs to be loaded from the
     # directory containing the executable.
     SET(__install__libs
       "${MSVC80_CRT_DIR}/Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest"
       "${MSVC80_CRT_DIR}/msvcm80.dll"
       "${MSVC80_CRT_DIR}/msvcp80.dll"
       "${MSVC80_CRT_DIR}/msvcr80.dll"
       )

     IF(CMAKE_INSTALL_DEBUG_LIBRARIES)
       SET(MSVC80_CRT_DIR
         "${MSVC80_REDIST_DIR}/Debug_NonRedist/x86/Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT")
       SET(__install__libs ${__install__libs}
         "${MSVC80_CRT_DIR}/Microsoft.VC80.DebugCRT.manifest"
         "${MSVC80_CRT_DIR}/msvcm80d.dll"
         "${MSVC80_CRT_DIR}/msvcp80d.dll"
         "${MSVC80_CRT_DIR}/msvcr80d.dll"
         )
     ENDIF(CMAKE_INSTALL_DEBUG_LIBRARIES)

   ENDIF(MSVC80)

-Bill