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Redistributing MS files

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by stuart.truman

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I have developed a S/W product in VB 6 and have read somewhere that you are only allow to redistribute certain files legally e.g comctl32. I did find a web page on MSDN but I cannot find it now. Any suggestions on how I find out what files I can redistribute?

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by mike (from canada)

only distribute the file(s) that are required for your program to run successfully. and yes, this is legal unless your program requires an OS.

by sl-campbell

You are authorized to only distribute the files SHIPPED with VB that are listed in the 'Redist.txt' file in the VB directory. However, one MAY have authorization to distribute other MS files from other MS products such as certain Active-X Dlls. For those products you need to see the individual license agreements!

by mark.miller

Simplest way is to use the Package and Deployment Wizard. To get it from VB6 goto
AddIns->AddInManager and then double click the 'Packge and Deployment Wizard' entry (or highlight and LoadOnStartUp.
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Even if you decide to use a different installer, use this to create a sample installation structure, and then look in the 'Support' Folder to see which files your program requires and copy them out.

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