I am trying DESPERATELY to package and deploy a visual c++ 6
application which uses MFC. My application runs without problem on the
developer's (my) machine -windows xp. But I can't figure out how to
make the app run on other people's machines!!!!

QUESTION:  How do I package a visual c++ 6 app?
I have tried to use depends.exe and redistrib.txt (or something) to
figure out which DLL's I can (need?) to include (according to M$'s
documentation). Does this mean I have to look at every single DLL and
check to see if it's on the list!?!? There's over 50 DLL's for my
SIMPLE project!! I used a free packaging tool to do this and it didn't
seem like it was going to figure out which DLL's I need. There's gotta
be a packager that figures out what stuff you need and puts them in a
single MSI or exe file. If this exists, what is the cheapest one and
what is it's name?

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Request for Question Clarification by efn-ga on 04 Feb 2004 01:57 PST

I suggest you try InstallShield.  It comes with Visual C++, but you
have to install it separately.

I haven't researched the whole installation software market, but I
know InstallShield is widely used, and I have used it successfully
with a different compiler.  Since you should already have it, it seems
like a reasonable starting point.

Does that help?

--efn

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Clarification of Question by wgardner-ga on 04 Feb 2004 08:25 PST

Thanks for the response. I have heard of installShield before, but my
question about any installer that I use is... Do I still have to find
the files to include with my exe (like the DLL files), or does it find
the dependent ones for you?

I believe you should only have to tell it about the files that you
generated, but I haven't been able to confirm this.  I tried out the
Visual C++ version with an MFC project, but couldn't easily tell if it
would get the right files.  Sorry I can't give you a conclusive
answer.

--efn