I have a problem with a program developed on CVI, I used the Windows SDK SetupAPI library to search the devices currently connected to the PC. I added the import library to the project, the problem is that when I install the application on a PC with Windows XP it works fine, but when I install it on a Windows 2000 PC the application fails at startup and sends an error regarding the kernel32.dll.
I found in the CVI documentation that this could happen when you force an entire library into the executable, so my question is: how can I force only the functions from the import library that I use into the executable? Any help with this will be very appreciated.
If you create a simple .h file which contains the prototype of the function(s) you wish to import, you can use Options->Generate DLL Import Library to produce a .lib file which only references this function from the dll you specify.
Thanks for your suggestions, I already tried doing that, I created my own import library with only the functions used on the application but I still got the same error message.
It's possible that the SetupAPI library uses kernel32.dll functions which were only added for Windows XP and later builds. Does the text of the error message give any further clues?
Microsoft is not even sure about this! This page says that the function requires XP or Vista, but is not available under XP/2000. Looks like you will need to go back to your code and try to find a way to avoid (indirectly) using this function.
Looks like you will need to go back to your code and try to find a way to avoid (indirectly) using this function.