I've been using python to write a simple 'launcher' for one of our Java
applications for quite a while now. I recently updated it to use python
2.4, and all seemed well.
Today, one of my colleagues noted that on her machine the launcher would
complain it was missing a DLL - msvcr71.dll
However
Thomas Heller wrote:
For commercial development, it should not be a problem to buy a license
for MSVC 7.1, which gives you the right to distribute msvcrt71.dll.
And maybe that's the reason that few people care about this issue?
Hi Thomas,
There are a few problems with this as I see it. In theory, t
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
For developers that need msvcr71.dll on the target system which don't
have a license to distribute it, the solution is simple: they just need
to advise their users to install python-2.4.1.msi. This comes with
msvcr71.dll included.
I understand this, and it's obviously a solut
Do Re Mi chel La Si Do wrote:
Hi !
This DLL come also with MS-JVM engine, who is free. Therefore...
This is very true (and the .NET suggestion as well). However, why should
I require an end-user to install MS-JVM or the .NET framework, purely
for a simple little launcher application ?
The main
A.B., Khalid wrote:
Kindly note that the Python source distribution does include project
files for building Python 2.4 with MSVC6. Add to that the fact that
with pyMinGW[1] one can build yet another Windows distribution not
dependent on mscvr71.dll and some of the logic about not upgrading to
Pytho
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
Michael Kearns wrote:
I would guess from the responses so far that Python 2.4 just isn't used within commercially
shipping products
that kind of unfounded hyperbole only makes you look silly.
As no-one had replied that they had found it fine to use in a commercial
sens
