Otherwise, if the Visual C++ Redistributable isn't installed, the following error message pops up:
This causes the binary size to increase by around 250 KB, e.g. for DebugViewConsole.exe it goes from 447 KB to 695 KB, but I believe that for such a tool, having it functional on any machine for troubleshooting etc. is more important.
BTW a statically-linked runtime library was used in v1.8, but was changed with the introduction of cmake.
Otherwise, if the Visual C++ Redistributable isn't installed, the following error message pops up:
This causes the binary size to increase by around 250 KB, e.g. for DebugViewConsole.exe it goes from 447 KB to 695 KB, but I believe that for such a tool, having it functional on any machine for troubleshooting etc. is more important.
BTW a statically-linked runtime library was used in v1.8, but was changed with the introduction of cmake.
Reference for the cmake command: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY.html#variable:CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY
Fixes #396.