Project deployment, without it?

[ykfc]

I want my simple .exe file to run on a few production systems (mostly Window 95). I wish to avoid running any installation package for various reasons: they do not have a test system for me is one.

Is it always a requirement to build my deployment package? For a very simple application that reads some text files and generates some console-output (and/or printer-output), how likely the .exe will run from a freshly installed machine?

I could employ different development tools (such as VB). Is this true that generally VC++ is more likely not to require me to ship anything extra in additional to what an ordinary Windows (9x/NT) installation will be given?

 

[ArkM]

I think no need to make any installation package for a simple console application. Prepare a good readme.txt file, for example. Don't forget to add cmd help parameter /? support.

You may set static RTL linkage to avoid problems with C++ libraries (e.g. old versions) on target computers. Minimize using of C++ RTL functions, use Windows API equivalents. But be careful: some Win API functions works properly on Win NT/2000/XP family only...

Test the app on different target systems (it seems it's a serious production code for production systems...