Microsoft Visual Studio includes a very useful utility called Depends.EXE, which scans EXEs and reports useful information on all dependent modules (DLLs, etc).
We’ve been using Depends.EXE for many years now, but only recently realized that it’s actually a free tool, which can be downloaded by anyone, including our clients!
But, most of our end-users lack the technical expertise to use Depends.EXE. That’s why we built J-Depends.
J-Depends is a Clarion template. Developers simply add it to their Clarion APPs and recompile. When end-users run these compiled APPs, J-Secure can automatically run Depends.EXE.
The beauty of J-Depends is that this happens behind the scenes. End-users never see Depends.EXE. J-Depends simply does its magic, and your end-users can then simply email you a text file which contains all the Depends.EXE information!
How do I implement it?
All you need to do is install J-Depends, and add the “J-Depends Global Extension Template” to your Clarion APP. You can set J-Depends to generate the logfile every time your software starts, or only when your EXE is started with the “/DEPENDS” command line parameter.
Feel free to try out our demo, and take a look at our J-Depends video tutorials, then make up your own mind. Or feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
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