May I really distribute EXCEL.EXE?

[Peepain]

Hello,

I prepared an OCX control that creates a XLS file. It uses Excel and works fine.

However, when I check for the files that I must include on the setup, EXCEL.EXE appears to be one of them. My question is if I am allowed to include that file in my package or I will be violating copyrights.

Thanks in advance.

Diego

 

[strongm]

You cannot redistribute Excel

 

[Peepain]

Though so. The question came because VB prepared the package and it included Excel.exe automatically so did not know what to do.

Thanks a lot.

Diego

 

[chiph]

Yup. You can't distribute Excel, as that would make you a software pirate. But you *can* require that your users have a licensed copy of their own.

Chip H.


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[Peepain]

That's a good point.

I do not understand very much what happens. I was now searching for dependencies of my OCX control and EXCEL.EXE does not appear on the list.

I will check it on another system with and without EXCEL and see what happens.

Thanks a lot for your answer.

Diego

 

[chiph]

Something that may help you over the long term is to install Virtual PC (you need lots of RAM and disk space). It allows you to simulate any end-user environment very easily, as it truly is another copy of Windows (Win9x, Win2k, WinXP, Win2k3, etc) running inside a window on your PC. The cool part is that after installing your program on it & noodling around with it, when you close the window you can abandon all your changes, leaving it fresh and clean for the next time you need it.

Chip H.


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