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Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 13:31
by admin
Anybody has mspdb41.dll? It's a Visual Studio DLL connected to the making of typelibs. I somehow lost it when migrating to Win8... :x

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 13:59
by highend
You can get it here: <link removed>

It's a trusted source.

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 14:09
by admin
Sure? The page looks very suspicious, and they made me download this (8 MB! much bigger than the file I need):
DLLEscort_Setup.exe

Does not look like a file I will run on my system...

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 14:23
by highend
*urgs* sorry, I've somehow read dll-files.com...

I'll see if i can get it from an older Visual Studio / Windows installation.

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 14:56
by Walrez
admin wrote:Anybody has mspdb41.dll? It's a Visual Studio DLL connected to the making of typelibs. I somehow lost it when migrating to Win8... :x

I have MSPDB60.DLL, could it help?

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 14:58
by admin
Thanks, but no.

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 15:09
by highend
I scanned through all my ancient VMs but the oldest version I've found is the mspdb60.dll. Sorry...

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 15:43
by admin
Thanks for looking.

FYI, this is a necessary puzzle stone in PD development. I cannot get a millimeter onwards without this file. :whistle:

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 15:57
by Marco
Will I obtain it if I install Visual Studio on Win8.1?

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 15:58
by admin
Don't know. It probably depends on the version of VS. I don't know which version it should be. The web is mysteriously mysterious about this.

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 16:01
by Marco
Well, installing it right now, I'll keep you posted.

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 16:04
by bdeshi
the file version changes with each install. I'm quite sure latest VS won't have the file.

ed: VS8:mspdb80.dll, VS14:mspdb140.dll...

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 16:14
by Marco
Meanwhile, I downloaded it from http://www.nodevice.com/dll/MSPDB41_DLL/item11861.html
Rename it to *.dll
I take no responsibility

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 16:18
by admin
YEAH!!! :tup: :appl: :beer:

Looks like it worked. At least the error went away, it compiled, and the size looks alright!

I'll report back soon...

Re: Need a DLL

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 16:44
by admin
Great, looks good! :tup: :biggrin:

Puuh. I was already taking a glimpse into the abyss of total failure. Not a nice view. :whistle:

Now back to work... (working on doing something useful with the files on portable devices that is...)