VB EXE is as easy as 1-2-3?

[OneSource]

Hi all.

I know that you need run-time files in addition to your EXE in order to distribute a VB App. Here's my question: Are there certain components that make distribution of additional DLL's necessary for your app to run on someone else's PC?

For example, I created an EXE and emailed it to a friend of mine. I didn't think that it would run on his machine because I didn't include any DLL's but it did! By the way, his machine didn't have VB installed on it.

Does anybody have any insight on this matter.

Thanks.

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[chrisjk]

He must have had the nessecary files installed. You can get the most common, VBRUN300.DLL from anywhere. Lots of sharewhere/freeware uses the DLL's so that is where they could have come from. Also MS Access, and perhaps even Word and Excel have them as they use VBA...but you should always include DLL's if you don't know the user's setup anyway.