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LightWave

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Idiot newbie needs help. Please!

Ok let me lay it out for you. I work for a small multimedia company. We use
a program that we hired a person to write. It is written in Delphi 2. Now it
gets tricky. We don't have it made as an install program. I am writing the
install program now. I am newbie coder and am going very slow. For the
program to work, I have to install BDE and database desktop from the Delphi
CD. I have seen it and know there is a way to install by adding them to the
program install. How do I do this and what do I need to let me do it? Please
someone help me soon!
 
Ralf Mimou

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Idiot newbie needs help. Please!


Hi,

LightWave <light...@home.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
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Quote
> Ok let me lay it out for you. I work for a small multimedia company. We
use
> a program that we hired a person to write. It is written in Delphi 2. Now
it
> gets tricky. We don't have it made as an install program. I am writing the
> install program now. I am newbie coder and am going very slow. For the
> program to work, I have to install BDE and database desktop from the
Delphi
> CD. I have seen it and know there is a way to install by adding them to
the
> program install. How do I do this and what do I need to let me do it?
Please
> someone help me soon!

Just use InstallShield, you will find it on your Delphi CD. It's simple, and
it works. You will find better installation programs, but hey! it's free.

And: DON'T X-POST!!!!

Bye, Ralf

matthijs j. willemstei

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Idiot newbie needs help. Please!


LightWave heeft geschreven in bericht
<5Udn3.24789$2I2.13...@news.rdc1.tn.home.com>...

Quote
>Ok let me lay it out for you. I work for a small multimedia company. We use
>a program that we hired a person to write. It is written in Delphi 2. Now
it
>gets tricky. We don't have it made as an install program. I am writing the
>install program now. I am newbie coder and am going very slow. For the
>program to work, I have to install BDE and database desktop from the Delphi
>CD. I have seen it and know there is a way to install by adding them to the
>program install. How do I do this and what do I need to let me do it?
Please
>someone help me soon!

if you have the Professional version then there is a version of
InstallShield on the CD. Install this on the computer where you have Delphi
installed and make installation diskettes with it. You don't have to do any
programming at all then! Just tell InstallShield what to install and where
to do it.
As a bonus you even get an uninstall-possibility as well!

Matthijs.
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Mat Ballar

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Idiot newbie needs help. Please!


Quote
LightWave wrote:

> Ok let me lay it out for you. I work for a small multimedia company. We use
> a program that we hired a person to write. It is written in Delphi 2. Now it
> gets tricky. We don't have it made as an install program. I am writing the
> install program now. I am newbie coder and am going very slow. For the
> program to work, I have to install BDE and database desktop from the Delphi
> CD. I have seen it and know there is a way to install by adding them to the
> program install. How do I do this and what do I need to let me do it? Please
> someone help me soon!

1. Newbies to Delphi aren't idiots - they are smart !

2. Don't write you own installer - use the InstallSheild that comes with
Delpi. if you don't like InstallSheild, the M$ is currently giving away
the Wise installer:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/tools/wise/wise.asp

(though it will take you an hour to wade through the {*word*99} to get there).

There are also other numerous installers in the Delphi Super Page:

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/delphi_www/index.htm

3. though i haven't used it yet, I believe that the BDE comes with its
own installer.

good luck,

Mat
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Jeremy Collin

Delphi Developer
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Idiot newbie needs help. Please!


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Mat Ballard <mat.ball...@molsci.csiro.au> wrote in message

news:379F911F.D9B7FAE2@molsci.csiro.au...

Quote
> LightWave wrote:
> 2. Don't write you own installer - use the InstallSheild that comes
with
> Delpi. if you don't like InstallSheild, the M$ is currently giving
away
> the Wise installer:

> http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/tools/wise/wise.asp

> (though it will take you an hour to wade through the {*word*99} to get
there).

OK, I give up. What's the secret to getting this file?

--
Jeremy Collins
Kansai Business Systems
http://www.kansai.co.uk/

Ray Lischn

Delphi Developer
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Idiot newbie needs help. Please!


On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 08:05:10 +0100, "Jeremy Collins"

Quote
<jer...@kansai.co.uk> wrote:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/tools/wise/wise.asp

>OK, I give up. What's the secret to getting this file?

I discovered that if I used Netscape and JavaScript was disabled, then
the MSDN registration process eventually complained that I had disabled
JavaScript. If I then enabled JavaScript, and tried to download the
file, the web site went into an infinite refresh loop. If I then
disabled JavaScript again, I was able to download the file. My guess is
that using Internet Explorer would result in fewer problems. but I'm not
going to bother trying to find out.
--
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co-author (with John Doyle) of Shakespeare for Dummies
Jeremy Collin

Delphi Developer
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Idiot newbie needs help. Please!


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Ray Lischner <lisch.at.tempest-sw....@nojunkmail.com> wrote in message

news:37a4c507.587181802@news.proaxis.com...

Quote
> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 08:05:10 +0100, "Jeremy Collins"
> <jer...@kansai.co.uk> wrote:

> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/tools/wise/wise.asp

> >OK, I give up. What's the secret to getting this file?

> I discovered that if I used Netscape and JavaScript was disabled, then
> the MSDN registration process eventually complained that I had
disabled
> JavaScript. If I then enabled JavaScript, and tried to download the
> file, the web site went into an infinite refresh loop. If I then
> disabled JavaScript again, I was able to download the file. My guess
is
> that using Internet Explorer would result in fewer problems. but I'm
not
> going to bother trying to find out.

Heh. I was dumb enough to use IE5. Got stuck in a  loop.
Many frames within frames. Angry me. TGIF.

--
Jeremy Collins
Kansai Business Systems
http://www.kansai.co.uk/

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