I would suggest a product called VMWare for software testing... You can install it say on NT, and then inside a window you can install FRESH copies of say Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server, Windows 2000, and they all run in their own space in a window, not knowing about their parents environment, or affecting it. The idea is to create a VM disk for say 95, don't install anything else and then save the disk image to a CD, do the same for all the OS's you can get. Including NT Server 4, NT Server 4 SP3, NT Server 4 SP4,, NT Server 4 SP5, and NT Server 4 SP6. When you want to test an installation or a program just copy the VM file from the CD back to the hard disk, and run it up. A fresh install everytime, and it only takes the time to copy the file, about 120MB for NT 4. And you do it all without rebooting your main PC... It all runs in a window and I have not had any problems but not really used it that much as yet. I have to get someone to put the VMed OS's on a CD for me... ( Jeremy :-) ) Chris Christopher Crowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.adrock.com Want a free program to help you search the Microsoft Knowledge Base?, and other areas of Microsoft's site?, download it from www.adrock.com/msarticle -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cooke, Andrew Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 3:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Distributing Delphi Applications Wow! Lets have a look. - The BDE is abbreviated BDE, not DBE. - It is not required for all Delphi programs, only those that use database components, and use the DBTables unit. You can write Delphi applications that do not use databases, and you can also write Delphi programs that access databases without the BDE. I often write Delphi programs that can be installed by just copying the EXE. - What you can and should install is pretty much determined by the features of the program you have written. There is a Deploy.txt file in one of the Delphi directories that explains what you can deploy. - If he is trying to install some stuff that uses Oracle and Interbase through SQL Links, then he will need the SQL Links components of the BDE, which include the DataPump. If Installshield can't find this on his machine to make the setup file, then he probably needs to reinstall Delphi on his own machine. - Indeed Borland does say to use a certified installer for the BDE. This is so you don't end up stuffing up other products that also use the Borland Database Engine (someone should tell Corel). - There are several installers that are certified for deploying the BDE. Installshield and Wise are the best known. Both are pretty good but have glitches with some BDE configurations. I've managed to solve most of them with my Wise script, except for upgrading the BDE where it has been installed by Corel Office. - Installshield is responsible for its own installation routines, not Inprise, so they are the ones to talk to. However, its not the installer failing here, which may be why Installshield are not keen to help. Instead it is the contents of the developer's own PC which are in doubt. Indeed testing installs, not just on "virgin" machines, but on all combinations of machines, is an arduous task. Good installers make it easier, but not trouble free. If you are distributing to a number of clients, it is definitely worth it. Regards, Andrew Cooke. > -----Original Message----- > From: Julien Thomas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 2:10 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: [DUG]: Distributing Delphi Applications > > Help! > A question I came across on another Delphi list that I have been > discussing > with the author. I apologize for the intensity of the following > question. > This guy is quite worked up by his problem. But does anyone have any > ideas > on how to fix it? > > > > > [>] It would appear that you have not yet tried to get one of your > programs > to work on ANOTHER system which does NOT have Delphi on it - or anywhere > near it. [snip] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
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