On 19/03/2000 09:38:09, "Jeremy Coulter" blurted out...
>HI all.
>I was just wondering, is there a way to distribute IB via say
>Installshield, wise install, etc.?
There _was_ a document about how to distro it via installshield (embeded install
guide, I think), but most of the PDFs dont work on the new site. Try mers
(www.mers.com) or Dunston Thomas (interbase.dthomas.co.uk).
>One of the biggest install issues we have is that we have to take the IB
>install cd with us when we do an install at a client site. (before I
>started, it had from time to time be forgotten !!)
um, yeah, not good. You could also write the install to a cd or zip disk, with your
app - put it all in one place (tho I dont know the legality of this - technically, all
you
need (tho not for long) is the license - the media is,AFAIK, free (downloadable,
anyway)
>This, to me, gives an air of unprofessionalism to our clients, like I say
>this is just my thoughts, and I was wondering if there is a way to automate
>the install of IB.
Well, from what I've seen, you should just be able to install gds32.dll with your
app, and install the server either as a sub-install via install shield, or launch it
from
another installer.
>i.e. with installshield you can install DAO without having to install MDAC
>seperatly.
>I also know that wiht Installshield that you can shell out to another setup
>from the main setup program. This would then mean that IB would have to be
>burnt onto the setup CD.
>But I wonder how we would get on for copyright in this case....the client
>always gets a Server Lic. with Client Lics. too so providing the media on
>another setup CD might not be an issue, but....
Here's my take, and its NOT Inprise policy (tho it might be, I dunno).
Putting the install on another CD - as long as its not pre-licensed - is not a
problem.
Users can download it off the net anyway! As long as the license is unique for
each client (ie, you've paid for it), how the app gets there is not really an issue.
IMO. Did I say IN MY OPINION? (just to make sure...)
>Can anyone offer any ideas, i.e. if you CAN automate the install of IB, or
>if putting it onthe setup CD would be ok..etc.
I just looked on the web site, and there was nothing about embeded installs, tho I
_know_ it used to be there. If you have installshield, you can embed the installer
inside another installer (you can do this with ADO too), but its fairly complex.
I dont have an installed version of IB around at the moment, so I can't check the
docs and license, but have a read of it, and ask us (Inprise) if in doubt. I'll have a
look on monday when I'm in the office and see what I can find.
N
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