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Title: I was wondering?
Post by: -venom- on February 22, 2007, 09:25:58 PM

is it possible to create a portable darwinbots (one that doesn't edit the registry so that I can run it off a flash drive)  I would do it but sence I have no programing skills out side of db and python I am unable to do so. so can someone please try I would greatly appreciate it.

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: Numsgil on February 22, 2007, 11:47:09 PM

All the install does is to ensure that you have the Visual Basic runtime libraries installed.  It doesn't edit the registry beyond that.  Most computers should have that anyway.  Try just copying your DB install to a flash drive and running it like that on another computer.  It should work.

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: -venom- on February 23, 2007, 10:02:37 PM

if I install it to my flash drive it will only work on that computer

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: Numsgil on February 23, 2007, 11:03:39 PM

What sort of error message is it giving you when you try to run it?

Again, the only dependancy is the visual basic runtime libraries (I think they're called VBVM6.dll or something similar).  You could try to copy the VB runtime libraries to the flash drive too, but you're going to have issues if the computer you want to run it on isn't the same OS, or a host of other problems.

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: -venom- on February 24, 2007, 08:08:35 PM

it gives me one that says it is missing some file but when I try it on the comp I installed it on it doesn't show the error

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: kenstauffer on February 24, 2007, 08:37:37 PM

Quote from: -venom-

it gives me one that says it is missing some file but when I try it on the comp I installed it on it doesn't show the error

Run depends.exe on the darwinbots executable, this will list the .dll dependencies. Copy those into your flash drive. (microsoft should have a free download for depends.exe, it a .DLL dependency checker/viewer).

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: Numsgil on February 24, 2007, 10:50:47 PM

Quote from: -venom-

it gives me one that says it is missing some file but when I try it on the comp I installed it on it doesn't show the error

Would this "some file" happen to be VBVM60.dll?

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: -venom- on February 28, 2007, 04:04:07 PM

yes I think thats the one

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: Numsgil on March 01, 2007, 01:47:11 AM

That's the Visual Basic runtime library.  Try searching your computer for any files Darwinbots hungers for on another computer, and dropping them with the exe.

Generally though, you'd have to really have a squeaky clean computer if it doesn't have the visual basic runtimes on it.  Is it a school computer?  Schools never seem to understand that they need to install more than word and internet explorer.

Title: I was wondering?
Post by: -venom- on March 01, 2007, 04:01:52 PM

yes it is a school computer. ok ty