Hi Trent, On 10-05-05 12:04 PM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: >> I just took a look at the ActiveStatre 2.6.5.12 release (zip file >> version) and noticed that this file does not include the MSVCR90.DLL run >> time file - it includes MFC*.DLL files instead (and a different manifest >> file as well). >> >> Can anyone explain why the ActiveState release uses different MS Visual >> C runtime files than the official Python Foundation's release of Python?
> It doesn't. We use the same MSVC version as the python.org builds. > > Note that "MFC*.dll" files (IIRC, it has been a while) are > redistributable DLLs used by the included PyWin32 extensions that have > Python bindings for the Microsoft Foundation Classes GUI APIs. Yes, you are correct about the MFC*.dll's being shipped as part of the Py2Win32 extensions. But I don't see the MSVCR90.DLL in your ZIP release. I do see a MSVCR71.DLL. Malcolm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
