Tests with MSVC8 runtimes and Firebird 2.1.1

For all those who followed this thread, I will sum up what we have
found out:

Up until FB 2.0 it was possible to deliver a Firebird Client or a
Firebird Embedded Server by just copying the files like fbclient.dll
or fbembed.dll (and a few others) together with the MS VC Runtimes
(msv*.dll) into one folder.

Starting with MSVC8 (which is used by Firebird 2.1) and Windows XP,
just having the MSVC files in the same directory is not sufficient any
more. They have to be “installed correctly”. I don’t know what that
means exactly, but in effect it means they have to somehow be
magically teleported to the Windows\WinSxS directory where they get
funny names.

Firebird and MSVC8 run-time. Again

Vlad HorsunĀ  wrote on Firebird-Devel list

After reading MSDN articles about assemblies, side-by-side installation,
context activation API, etc, i think i have an idea how we can avoid (in most
cases) requirement to install MSVC8 runtime via Windows Installer and just
deploy it with our binaries.