Copy MFC Library to project

Question

I am new to C++, and I have made a program on visual studio 2010. I then made an installer for it using Inno Setup . When I install it on my computer it runs fine, but when I move it to another computer and install it, an error appears like "mfc100ud.dll" is missing from your computer".

My question is: If I just copy the MFC files into my visual studio project directory, make another installer for it and run it on another computer; will the program work? Or do I have to do something else? Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

That 'd' in mfc100ud means you have linked to the debug version of MFC. The debug dll is only available with Visual C++ installed. You need to build a release version of your program. And you need to include the VC redistributable package in your installer, or change the runtime and MFC libraries to statically link into your program.