Re: [Openexr-devel] OpenEXR 1.0.5 released

[Andreas Kahler]

Hi!

> OpenEXR-1.0.5.zip
>    - binaries, headers, and prebuilt libs for Windows XP/2000.  The
>      prebuilt libs require Visual Studio 6.0 and the Intel C++
>      compiler version 7.0 for full C++ support, but you should be able to
>      use the ImfCRgbaFile C interface with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 and
the
>      included IlmImf.dll.

Cool, this should make it much easier for MSVC++ users.

Unfortunately, IlmImf.dll doesn't work like intended. It has a dependency to
libmmd.dll, which comes with the Intel compiler and is usually not installed
on Windows systems. I don't know if libmmd.dll can be redistributed, but I
think it's better to get rid of this dependency and link it statically.

It probably also would be a good idea to remove some of the other
dependencies (zlib.dll, msvcp60.dll, msvcrt.dll). The less dependencies
you have, the less problems you will have later when using it.

BTW: There are no MSVC++ project and workspace files included in the
tar file. Is this by intention?

Andreas
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