On 10/5/07, Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to have J install without this extra download from MS?
Maybe. Microsoft seems to be decommitting at least one documentation tree relating to this issue. (And notice how it seems inclined to dub in german content for english content -- though this can probably change at any time): http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/bxf4ee9f(en-us,vs.80).aspx However, this was possible with beta versions of visual studio: http://blogs.msdn.com/nikolad/archive/2005/03/18/398720.aspx And it still seems to be possible: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375182.aspx but the documentation describing this issue is fragmented, and requires some navigation in that tree to fully understand. (Also, as Microsoft documentation links tend to become stale after a while, anything important should be either memorized or recorded locally.) That said, Microsoft claims to "support" this file: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376609.aspx Hypothetically this means that even though they do not distribute it in a robust fashion, they may at some future point in time choose to distribute updated versions of it (with security fixes). It's not clear to me whether any such hypothetical security fixes will work if the file is distributed with J. (That is: I am not sure whether a GAC instance will take precedence over a side-by-side instance -- nor am I sure whether side-by-side versions will be detected by the update mechanism as targets to be upgraded. For example, would a side-by-side instance of msvcr80.dll be registered anywhere?) That said, I am also not sure how much any such hypothetical security fixes will ever matter to J users. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
