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Q78065: Proper Installation of the Redistributable DLLs

Article: Q78065
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 06-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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Version 3.1 of the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) contains
several redistributable dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). These DLLs may be
included with an application that runs under Windows version 3.0 to provide some
of the new Windows functionality.

The VER.DLL version-checking DLL is designed to install the distributable DLLs to
a Windows 3.1 or 3.0 application. VER will check to see whether the
redistributable DLLs are already present on the system, and will ensure that an
older copy of a given DLL is not copied over a newer copy.

The installation program for an application that includes one or more of the
version 3.1 Windows SDK DLLs should install them into the Windows system
directory (by default, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM). The name of this directory can be
determined using the GetSystemDirectory function.

Additional query words: 3.10

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1

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