Microsoft KB Archive/228940

= INF: VB .DEP Files Not Available for SQL Server Redistributable Components =

Article ID: 228940

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q228940



SUMMARY
Currently there are no dependency (.dep) files shipped with SQL Server for the redistributable components (for example, Dtspkg.dll, Dtspump.dll, and so forth). If a customer is building and deploying Visual Basic applications using SQL Server redistributable components, the dependency files have to be determined using utilities such as Dependency Walker. These files must then be added manually in the Visual Basic deployment wizard.

The file, Redist.txt, in the root directory of the SQL Server installation CD has more information on the redistributable components that ship with SQL Server.



MORE INFORMATION
A dependency (.dep) file contains information about the run-time requirements of an application or component. For example, the .dep file contains which files are needed, how they are to be registered, and where on the user's computer they should be installed. The Package and Deployment Wizard uses .dep files when it packages applications.

