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Wonko the Sane
Wonko the Sane

Reputation: 10823

Is there a version of the VC++ 2008 Redistributable Package with the DEBUG dlls?

We have a (mainly) C#/WPF application that invokes some C++ libraries via interop.

For testing purposes (and because of some inconsistencies in a third party library), we would like to distribute a debug version or our application on a target machine, partially for remote debugging.

In any case, when doing so, the program barfs with a dreaded 0x800736B1 error loading a C++ dll. This appears to be (at least until we find the next stumbling block) caused by not having a debug version of the VC++ runtime libraries installed on the target machine.

Is there a version of the VC++ redistributable package with debug libraries, or failing that, is there a "preferred" way of putting those libraries on a test machine?

Thanks, wTs

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4756

Answers (2)

syvex
syvex

Reputation: 7766

Here are the official MS instructions.

Preparing a Test Machine To Run a Debug Executable

Use Merge Modules to install a debug version of a particular Visual C++ library as shared side-by-side assemblies into the native assembly cache (WinSxS folder).

How to Deploy a Setup and Deployment Project

Upvotes: 3

Frédéric Hamidi
Frédéric Hamidi

Reputation: 263157

If the target machine is under your control, you may want to install Visual Studio on it. That will deploy the debug version of the runtime.

Alternatively, copy the side-by-side libraries from your development machine to the target machine. Look in %windir%\WinSxS. On my dev machine (VS 2008 SP1), they reside in the following folders:

%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_597c3456
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.1_x-ww_f863c71f
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_x-ww_5d84dd2f
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_2a62a75b
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.1_x-ww_c94a3a24
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_x-ww_2e6b5034
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugOpenMP_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_72b673b0
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugOpenMP_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_x-ww_76bf1c89

Upvotes: 1

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