C++/VB - openal32.dll (deployment )

hi everyone!

i'm codeing a full-size 3d game in vstudio 8/c++.
i use openAL 3d digital sound.
my question is:
when i deploy my game using vstudio 'setup project',
how do i automatically install openal32.dll
through the setup project?
and is openal32.dll all i need?

marco RTYpe 6

  Bruno van Dooren [MVP - VC++] replied...

You can automatiacally deploy openal32.dll if you simply add it to the setup
project that you use for your application.
If that dll is all you need is something only you can answer. we don't know
which dependencies it has, and which other dlls your project uses. The
documentation for openal32.dll should say something about that, but you can
always open your exe with depends.exe (dependency walker) and see which DLLs
are used)

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  marco RTYpe 6 replied...

bruno

1. what happens if you deploy (setup pro) a dll
that's already present?

2. do you need to deploy dynamically (according to dep walker) linked
modules?

3. how do i distinguish (in dep walker) between always present system
modules,
and modules i need to deploy myself?

marco

  marco RTYpe 6 replied...

(sorry:

in question 2, i mean:

'delay load modules'

marco)

  Alexander Nickolov replied...

OpenAL stands for open audio language IIRC. Go to their web
site:

http://www.openal.org

They should definitely have recommendations on how to deploy
applications using OpenAL...

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  marco RTYpe 6 replied...

  marco RTYpe 6 replied...

openAL stands for: open Audio <Library>.

marco

  marco RTYpe 6 replied...

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