I’m creating my first program in Visual Studio C++ 2008, coming from VB.NET – and I found some nice source I’m learning from with some simple API’s for uploading images.
It works PERFECTLY for me, so I went to Build > Build Solution, Wen’t into my Debug folder, and found the .exe for it.
I sent it to a friend, and they receive the following error when opening it:
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect.
Please set the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for
more detail.
I am new at this, so if there is a complicated solution, please take the time to do a step-by-step solution! Thanks!
Your friend is probably missing the VC Redist file for Dev Studio 2008.
Google “vc redist 2008”.
Also, he will not be able to test a debug build, because the debug runtime is only included with the compiler; there isn’t a stand-alone installer for it. You’ll need to rebuild your app in release.