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The easiest way to deal with this seems to be to build your installs with LinderSoft's SetupBuilder, which can install the 2005 redistributable if it isn't already present. Yes, SetupBuilder is an additional cost but if you ship product it's almost certainly a wise investment even without this feature.
Update: Confirmation by Bob Z
Bob Zaunere has confirmed the above requirements:
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Note the phrase "current c9 release" - in future releases the runtime will only need to be installed if you are using the PDF Report Generator and specifically using the new "Use Scan Copy Mode".
Update: More details on the "scan copy" innards, from Diego:
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Deeply inside is converting the report to a png of some resolution and color
deep to be able to keep the
information of the report (font,images, resolution, content ,etc) exactly the same.
With out hte need of embebing the Fonts or to support any other images formats
and adding security to the content (a PDF is just text when not compressed and
encripted)
Estern char sets now can be used in the PDF with out having to store the fonts
or have the Font in the user.
With out that option the PDF engine process the report and re-create the report
in PDF format, but not always the result is 100% exactly but using this option
the print out of one and the other are 99.98% a match. |
Graham Dawson has confirmed that when you use Scan Copy you do in fact get a PDF that is composed of images only and contains no searchable text.
Update: ClaRunExt.dll now dynamically loaded
As of build 10309 ClaRunExt.dll is no longer statically linked. From a post by Bob Z:
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That .lib file is not needed because there is no static linking to
Clarunext.dll - its been changed to a runtime dynamic load that only
happens _if you are using the new 'Scan copy mode', so if your .app/project is
looking for it then either;
- its a leftover project reference from when it was a static link, and you can
just delete it
- you are using the IP driver in this .app (an update will be out today that
removes its linking to clarunext
- you don't have or are not using the latest templates; core (EE) or PDF if running PE |