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I have a application which used an access database.
It has a database component with the following:
 Alias Name = Log2000
 Connected = True
 DatabaseName = Database1
 Login Prompt = False
 Name = Database1

The application works OK however if I use 'InstallShield Express' to
install it on a
different machine I get errors such as 'alias Database1 not found' I
have tried several
ways of creating the set up program but to no avail as I still get error
messages.

I'm at the point of abandoning Delphi for VB...

Any ideas please.

 

Re:InstallShield Express Delphi Edition


Kevin,

Have you setup the alias info in the ISX script? This is done as part
of the BDE section:

InstallShield Checklist
  Select InstallShield Options
    General Options
      BDE

Checkmark the BDE box, then click the settings button.
select full install
next...

This will allow you to set the directory path and alias name for each
alias your application uses. If you also need to create a directory
and install the database files, set this up in the Groups section. You
may need some Access specific entries, too; sorry, can't help there.

HTH,
Dan

On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 09:25:31 +0000, Kevin <kevin.s.robin...@bt.com>
wrote:

Quote
>I have a application which used an access database.
>It has a database component with the following:
> Alias Name = Log2000
> Connected = True
> DatabaseName = Database1
> Login Prompt = False
> Name = Database1

>The application works OK however if I use 'InstallShield Express' to
>install it on a
>different machine I get errors such as 'alias Database1 not found' I
>have tried several
>ways of creating the set up program but to no avail as I still get error
>messages.

>I'm at the point of abandoning Delphi for VB...

>Any ideas please.

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