Compiling a UK app for use on a German PC

[David.Poundall]

Good morning all,

Apart from the obvious langauge and locale considerations, when I compile an app on a UK system for use on a German PC do I have to compile with German versions of the windows core components??

For example - I notice that the dependencies of ComDlg32.OCX have this to say about German

; Localized Dependencies --------------------------------------------

; ** German (DE) ***
; (0007 = German)
;
[ComDlg32.ocx <0007>]
Uses1=CmDlgDE.dll
Uses2=

Now my UK install doesn't currently include CmDlgDE.dll, and so I am hoping that comDlgDE.dll would already live on a German system - but how to be sure, and what about other files that I can't get dependency information on?

So My question is three fold...

1. Where do I find dependency information on standard OCX's and DLL's?
2. Where would I find files such as CmDlgDE.dll if I needed to compile them?
3. Would I need to extend my installer to ship these extra files?

Thanks in advance

[Merri]

There shouldn't be anything special: the compiled app should work in the German computer without a problem and without additional files to your program. Mostly the issues are more related to standard "DLL hell" problem: make sure the installation program does it's work properly, doesn't overwrite new versions with old versions, registers the files that should be registered etc.

A reason I like to keep any OCXs and DLLs out of a program...

If you think about it, it would sound pretty silly if you had to compile a separate version for each locale in the world to get it working

[David.Poundall]

I agree Merri it would be silly. But as this is my first go, and as I had the dependency info (from somewhere and somewhen) I am checking all of the bases.

There are certain OCX's that just have to be included. MSCOMM32.OCX being another. Like you, I can see no reason why locale issues would not be covered within the OCX's especially when they come out of the Microsoft stable.

As I say - just checking is all.

Thanks Merri