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From: todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.ps.programmer
Subject: Re: time for a comp.binaries.ibm.pc.windows???
Keywords: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.windows? comp.binaries.ibm.pc.windows.vbasic
Message-ID: <1991Jun30.190817.5784@pinhead.pegasus.com>
Date: 30 Jun 91 19:08:17 GMT
References: <1991Jun28.224447.1228@pinhead.pegasus.com> <1991Jun29.220040.1064@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Organization: Hawaii Medical Service Association
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In article <1991Jun29.220040.1064@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
>In article <1991Jun28.224447.1228@pinhead.pegasus.com> todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
]>EXE files sizes are (ok, ok, I know you need that 270K VBRUN100.DLL file
]>around too, but you only need one of those for all your Visual BASIC EXE

]Minor, somewhat unrelated question: Can VBRUN100.DLL be distributed freely,
]or do you have to buy Visual BASIC to get it?  If the latter, I don't
]think you'll see many freeware utilities written in Visual BASIC -- because
]few people will want to go out and buy Visual BASIC just to run a few
]utilities.

Page 76 of the Microsoft Visual BASIC Programmer's Guide says:

	"To run your application under Microsoft Windows or Presentation
	 Manager outside Visual BASIC, you create an executable file. If
	 you distribute the file to others, they will need a copy of the
	 Visual BASIC run-time file (VBRUN100.DLL) that is in the VB
	 directory. No additional license or payment to Microsoft is
	 necessary to distribute copies of the run-time file."

So, to answer your question: Yes, you can distribute VBRUN100.DLL freely
according to my interpretation of the paragraph above issued by Microsoft.
If we have create a comp.binaries.windows.ms and/or
comp.binaries.windows.ms.vbasic, we could perhaps distribute VBRUN100.DLL
on some periodic basis (once every 60 days or so) to make sure anyone can
get it easily.
-- 
Todd Ogasawara ::: Hawaii Medical Service Association
Internet       ::: todd@pinhead.pegasus.com
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