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Article #25369: Deploying InterBase v5.0 and why the file msvcrt.dll is needed

Problem:
Without msvcrt.dll installed gds32.dll will not run.

Solution:
The reason why you need to distribute this (though only on Win 95 
and NT 3.51 .. it should be there for NT 4.0) is that we compile the 
server and client with Microsoft Visual C++.  That file is the Microsoft C 
Runtime library.  In order for the gds32.dll to load it must be able to 
find it.

If we compiled with the Borland compiler .. we would have a similar
situation though it would be in trying to load the Borland C Runtime
library.

Note: When uninstalling InterBase through the InstallShield uninstall it is recommended
that the msvcrt.dll not be erased if prompted to do so by the uninstall.

Last Modified: 18-OCT-00