Distributing a Database Application on CD-ROM

Darren J Gilbertson

Delphi Developer

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Distributing a Database Application on CD-ROM

I have developed an D4 application on CD-ROM which reads "read only" tables
(paradox), therefore I also require a BDE.

I have thought of checking the PC for an existing BDE prior to running the
CD and if a BDE does not exist, running an application created in
Installsheild which will set up a BDE on the C: drive.

I have no idea how to do this apart from creating the installsheild file.

Does anybody have any other ideas or can tell me how to do this?

Thanks
Darren Gilbertson
darren.gilbert...@opus.co.nz

Jeremy Collin

Delphi Developer

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Distributing a Database Application on CD-ROM

Darren J Gilbertson <had...@opus.co.nz> wrote in message
news:7gishh$gqe$1@wwsv02.wcs.co.nz...

Quote

> I have developed an D4 application on CD-ROM which reads "read only"
tables
> (paradox), therefore I also require a BDE.

> I have thought of checking the PC for an existing BDE prior to running the
> CD and if a BDE does not exist, running an application created in
> Installsheild which will set up a BDE on the C: drive.

> I have no idea how to do this apart from creating the installsheild file.

> Does anybody have any other ideas or can tell me how to do this?

Your license agreement says that you must use
InstallShield (or similar) to deploy the BDE, so
that you don't break other applications. What's
your problem with InstallShield?

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

Arje

Delphi Developer

Sat, 20 Oct 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Distributing a Database Application on CD-ROM

Hi,

Quote

> > I have no idea how to do this apart from creating the installsheild
file.

> > Does anybody have any other ideas or can tell me how to do this?
> Your license agreement says that you must use
> InstallShield (or similar) to deploy the BDE, so
> that you don't break other applications. What's
> your problem with InstallShield?

I think he means that he's having probs determing if a version of BDE is
already installed...

Well... since the BDE can be installed in various various ways I always
still install it... Installshield has this great idea of checking for the
version and only updating when a old version exists....

HTH

Arjen

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."

Mark Zwicke

Delphi Developer

Sat, 20 Oct 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Distributing a Database Application on CD-ROM

Hi,

I believe that there is a background install from the borland site that
installs the bde with version checking so that the user never sees the install.
just a "please wait while the BDE is updated" <or something similar>

--
Mark Zwicker
Computer Programmer
Adventus INC.
m...@adventus.com

Bob M Brow

Delphi Developer

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Distributing a Database Application on CD-ROM

Quote

Darren J Gilbertson wrote in message <7gishh$gq...@wwsv02.wcs.co.nz>...
>I have developed an D4 application on CD-ROM which reads "read only" tables
>(paradox), therefore I also require a BDE.

>I have thought of checking the PC for an existing BDE prior to running the
>CD and if a BDE does not exist, running an application created in
>Installsheild which will set up a BDE on the C: drive.

>I have no idea how to do this apart from creating the installsheild file.

>Does anybody have any other ideas or can tell me how to do this?

Hi Darren ...

Yeah, use installshield for everything - it's the only way to go. It
handles the BDE install for you (detects if it's already installed etc). It
also adds an entry into the "Add/Remove Programs" section of the control
panel.

You don't need to go to all the trouble of having two seperate setup files
as described above.

Cheers,

- Bob -

---
Bob Brown <bob.br...@opus.co.nz>, Computer Support Technician
Opus International Consultants, Napier, NZ. +64-6-835-8196
"To err is human. To really louse things up takes a computer"

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