Re: [open-cobol-list] Portable WIndows app.

[Brian Tiffin]

From a Windows console;
compile your app, then run   depends <program>

It'll display all the dependencies required for <program>.  After that
you kinda need to decide if the client is likely to have anything that's 
listed and if not, whether your are allowed to redistribute without breaching 
a license.  Most if not all the OpenCOBOL dependencies are open, so that 
shouldn't be a problem, but it's always worth looking.  Unlike Grace's normal 
ask for forgiveness policy, this one really does require permission to avoid 
grief. 

And yes, you should be able to package everything in a Starkit once you know 
what you need.

Cheers,
Brian

On March 16, 2009 09:09:01 am John Culleton wrote:
> I understand that compiling and running OC on Windows
> requires a bunch of stuff. But if I compile a program on my
> windows partition and wish to make the compiled executable
> available to others, what minimum set of additional
> software must I include with the execcutable to make it
> run?
>
> For example it is possible using Tcl/Tk to put the entire
> app together in an envelope called a Starkit.  I want to
> put an entire COBOL app in a similar package, perhaps using
> a zip file, so that the potential Windows customer can just
> unzip and run. Is this feasible?