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Re: Msde

By the way, I just want to add that in many ways the product is quite easy to use and I am happy with it.

Re: Msde

Friedrich, your script sounds exactly like what I'm looking for, and I will send you an email. I'll also be happy to give you feedback on it or tweak it further myself for my own needs without bothering you.

Thanks.
Jim

Re: Msde

Originally Posted by Andrew McKay

Are you kidding?

Andrew

Sorry, didn't catch what this was in reference to.

Re: Me again

Our include script also performs some product-specific actions. But Freidrich posted that SetupBuilder 5.3 will come with a MSDE include script.

Andrew

Re: Me again

Originally Posted by Andrew McKay

PMFJI: Did you read the manual or online help? We are installing MSDE 2000 without any problem from our SetupBuilder 5 installation. It took me 15 minutes to write the MSDE installation script (we are using an include script). We have 80 sites running our application now. Installation worked perfect!

Andrew

Awesome! Are you willing to share the include script?

Re: Msde

Please see my previous post.

Regards,

Re: Me again

Hello,

1) We have an experimental MSDE 2000A include script available to automate MSDE installation. Our goal is to add this to the next SetupBuilder 5.3 update. If you are interested, please send your email address to support (at) lindersoft (dot) com and we'll provide you with the include script.

2) You can package all files into a single setup.exe or copy files from CD/DVD. The above MSDE include script packages all files into a single setup.exe. All temporary MSDE files are removed after the installation process.

3) You can use any variable or location here. Most applications are executed from within the installation folder.

4) Sorry, but I cannot find "Command(1)". Is this in our documentation or the application?

5) See 1)

6) See Windows ShellExecute API documentation. This function performs an action on a file. The file can be an executable file or a document. The application associated with the extension of the file name will be opened.

7) See 1)

Does this help?

Re: Msde

Are you kidding?

Andrew

Re: Me again

PMFJI: Did you read the manual or online help? We are installing MSDE 2000 without any problem from our SetupBuilder 5 installation. It took me 15 minutes to write the MSDE installation script (we are using an include script). We have 80 sites running our application now. Installation worked perfect!

Andrew

Re: Msde

Let me just add, honestly, it would be interesting to know how many people have paid another $400 for Wise just because they have made the MSDE installation point-and-click (as well as running SQL scripts).