>>>>>>What is the best tool (compiler) to make some simple and small EXE program for Windows platforms without distributing a large number of library and setup files? Is it Visual C++?
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>>>>>>Thank's, Zlatko.
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>>>>>Yup. Or you could do it in assembler.
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>>>>Gee, Craig, I never knew you had a sadistic streak in you.< vbg >
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>>>I have a sadistic streak. Real programmers use COPY CON MYPROG.EXE
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>>LOL!
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>>...and it's well documented (the sadistic streak, I mean)< gd&r >.
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>>Yeah! Macro Assemblers are for wimps!
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>George,
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>Hey, if you guys want to see a real programmer I'd invite you to go visit www.grc.com and be prepared to fall on your faces in humility. It's Steve Gibson's site.
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>Don't misunderstand... You're good at this stuff but Steve, when he was 15 in 1970 was consulting at Stanford's AI lab. He writes everything in assembler. Even Windows dialog boxes!!
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>And, to boot, he's one of the original 'Good Guys'. He wrote SpinRite and gives away a lot of goodies.
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>Highly recommended...
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DD,

I've known about Steve for a long time (and I'm sure Ed has too).< g >

Jeez, now I'm getting all misty thinking about stuff like VBIs...sigh.:-)