On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Grace & Gregg Mountford < [email protected]> wrote:
> Does Open Office need Microsoft Visual C++ It doesn't install Microsoft Visual C+++ (which is a compiler/IDE), it just installs the VC++ RUNTIME libraries, which is a small set of DLLs needed by any program developed with MS Visual C++. As described in: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2977003 About Visual C++ Redistributable Packages "Visual C++ Redistributable Packages install runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries on a computer that does not have Visual C++ installed. The libraries are required to run applications that are developed by using the corresponding version of Visual C++." http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/runtime " In some programming languages, certain reusable programs or "routines" are built and packaged as a "runtime library." These routines can be linked to and used by any program when it is running." FC
