Re: Unattended.iss

From: John Bell (jbellnewsposts_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/27/03


Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:23:10 +0100


Hi

My reading of that, is that it is only necessary on NT Server.

John

"Giacomo" <00avoidspam@solsticepoint.com> wrote in message
news:etUgvrHVDHA.2228@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> John,
>
> Thanks. I'm on the right track then. I have a website explaining
partially
> why I cannot install the Windows Installer to my Visual Studio 6. (can't
> register a common dll MSADDNDR.dll)
> http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9640
>
> I am unable to perform the last registry task that enables my
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT to inherit permissions. Is all this truly necessary?
> Sounds kinda hokey.
>
> Now I'm hoping for a simpler means of installing VSI. Perhaps my Visual
> Studio .NET is interfering?
>
> Giac
>
> "John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3f242f7c$0$10785$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk...
> > Hi
> >
> > I am not sure that you will find anything on orca as that is just a tool
> to
> > use in this instance. What you will probably need to do is make yourself
> > familiar with Windows Installer and creating MSI files.
> >
> > The easiest solution (as stated) is to ship the MSDE setup utility and
run
> > it from your installation passing the appropriate parameters.
> >
> > John
> >
> > "Giacomo" <00avoidspam@solsticepoint.com> wrote in message
> > news:e1uDXsFVDHA.2228@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > John,
> > > I presumed that was the case. I'm totally unfamiliar with Orca and
> vastly
> > > more familiar with the actual Setup.vbp that comes with Visual Studio
6.
> > I
> > > also have a .NET Studio. Is there a wizard in .NET that will give me
> some
> > > additional detail on the steps involved with the merge modules? Am I
> > stuck
> > > with just the documentation from the site below on script based
merging?
> > I
> > > opened Orca. It looks like a steep learning curve.
> > > OF PARTICULAR NOTE!!!!!
> > > Looking around, I notice that much of this was updated this month as
> > well.
> > > Is it possible these are working better than they did when they were
> > > introduced? I notice much of the beta testing questions for MDAC 2.7
> were
> > > devoted to the merge modules. [quote from the SP3a readme: "The Setup
> > > utilities for new applications should be written to call the MSDE 2000
> > Setup
> > > utility instead of directly consuming the MSDE 2000 merge modules."]
> > > additional info:.............................................
> > > http://dbforums.com/arch/71/2003/7/836562
> > >
> > > From link above:............................... QUOTE BEGINS
> > > Bill Cheng
> > > Jul 8 2003 14:34 Hi Ramon,
> > >
> > > I do understand your situation and how frustrating it is for
you.
> I
> > > have
> > > also seen a lot of issues using merge modules.
> > >
> > > Regarding releasing a new set of Merge Modules, currently I do
not
> > > have
> > > much information on this for the next major release but we do
> > > discourage
> > > customers from using Merge modules at this time due to the known
> > > issues.
> > >
> > >
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no
> > > rights.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Bill Cheng
> > > Microsoft Support Engineer
> > >
> > > END OF QUOTE
> > > link above is http://dbforums.com/arch/71/2003/7/836562
> > > Wishing now I'd followed along a little closer. Looks like I need
to
> > > figure this one out. What I need is a book on the ORCA database
> > > structures - the GUID references etc.
> > > Giac
> > > SETUP Stuff:
> > >
> >
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/distsql/distsql_84xl.asp
> > > Giacomo
> > >
> > > "John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:3f23e965$0$25431$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk...
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I think you may require script based merging, see
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/sql_embeddingmsde.asp?frame=true
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > "Giacomo" <00avoidspam@solsticepoint.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:eAVydz2UDHA.2288@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > I also a came across the embedding process. Is this a more
> efficient
> > > > > process than the redistribution?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/sql_embeddingmsde.asp?frame=true
> > > > >
> > > > > "Giacomo" <00avoidspam@solsticepoint.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:OnK0ao2UDHA.2508@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > > Unattended.iss exists with MSDE corresponding to SQL 7. Is
there
> a
> > > > > > corresponding item distributed with SQL 2000?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q231/9/23.asp&NoWebContent=1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Giacomo
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



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