Free apps bundled with msvcp71?

[Dan Kegel]

Adobe Contribute 4, released in Nov 2006 or so, had a nice online trial at
http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/Contribute/Adobe_Contribute_4_Win/Adobe...
and still online, I think, at
http://www.soft32.com/download/63-129953-1/Adobe_Contribute_4_Win.exe

Starting it fails with

err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP71.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Contribute 4\CoreTypes.dll") not found

Wine has a nice implementation of msvcr71.dll, but not
the C++-oriented msvcp71.dll, nor is it likely to get one soon.

This brings back the question: what's a good place to
legally and freely download an application bundled with a full set
of msvcp71.dll et al?  Ideally something at Microsoft.com
and/or something small and suitable for use in winetricks.
Any ideas?
- Dan

[Tom Wickline]

Hello Dan,

MSVCP71.dll is the MS Visual C++ 7.1 Runtime Library (which comes with
.NET 2003).

see: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/vbasic/ms789141.aspx  for some info,

The Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 also bundles MSVCP71.dll and MSVCR71.dll
see: http://xona.com/2004/06/29.html

The Toolkit can be downloaded from xona at :
http://xona.com/programs/VCToolkitSetup(v1.01)(2004.07.06).zip (29.9
MB)

I know this isn't a direct MS download but it might help in further
investigation :D

Cheers,

Tom

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> Adobe Contribute 4, released in Nov 2006 or so, had a nice online trial at
>  http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/Contribute/Adobe_Contribute_4_Win/Adobe...
>  and still online, I think, at
>  http://www.soft32.com/download/63-129953-1/Adobe_Contribute_4_Win.exe
>
> Starting it fails with
>
> err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP71.dll (which is needed by
>  L"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Contribute 4\CoreTypes.dll") not found
>
> Wine has a nice implementation of msvcr71.dll, but not
>  the C++-oriented msvcp71.dll, nor is it likely to get one soon.
>
> This brings back the question: what's a good place to
>  legally and freely download an application bundled with a full set
>  of msvcp71.dll et al?  Ideally something at Microsoft.com
>  and/or something small and suitable for use in winetricks.
>  Any ideas?
> - Dan

[Dan Kegel]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Tom Wickline  wrote:
> MSVCP71.dll is the MS Visual C++ 7.1 Runtime Library (which comes with
>  .NET 2003).
>
> see: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/vbasic/ms789141.aspx  for some info,
>
> The Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 also bundles MSVCP71.dll and MSVCR71.dll
>  see: http://xona.com/2004/06/29.html

Yes indeed.
> The Toolkit can be downloaded from xona at :
>  http://xona.com/programs/VCToolkitSetup(v1.01)(2004.07.06).zip (29.9
>  MB)

But not legally; I think the EULA for that package forbids redistribution.
> I know this isn't a direct MS download but it might help in further
>  investigation :D

Fortunately, I already had a copy of the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003.

I'm still looking for a legal download of some app
that just happens to come with msvcp71.dll.
Ideally it'll be some small app with a trivial installer
that can be run noninteractively, suitable for use inside winetricks.
- Dan

[Dan Kegel]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> http://www.soft32.com/download/63-129953-1/Adobe_Contribute_4_Win.exe
> fails with
> err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP71.dll (which is needed by
> L"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Contribute 4\CoreTypes.dll") not found
>
> Wine has a nice implementation of msvcr71.dll, but not
> the C++-oriented msvcp71.dll, nor is it likely to get one soon.
>
> This brings back the question: what's a good place to
> legally and freely download an application bundled with a full set
> of msvcp71.dll et al?

Well, shoot.  I added msvcp71.dll to winetricks a while ago,
but it turns out Contribute 4 also needs mfc71u.dll,
which wasn't included where I grabbed msvcp71.dll.
Happily, I found a nifty tool which shows which apps
come with which dlls:
http://www.programchecker.com/file/8133.aspx
and sure enough, at least one of those apps is free.
Guess I should update winetricks.

Contribute 4 actually starts up with that, but it got
tangled up when I moused over several menus,
crashing with some "native code threw exception"
problem in jscript.
- Dan