Franklin, I know it's possible (as you state) to do a "blind" install using InstallSheild, however I don't have that, and for a "free" product I don't really want to spend $1200USD (that's about $3000 of my money - equivalent to about 2 weeks work) on InstallSheild.
Other issues are the download size, although I guess if I have convinced people to download the .Net framework, adding another 5-10MB to the install isn't a biggie. I think I might sit back and look closely at this - perhaps Jet is the better approach - especially as it's a one-way "replication" at best - they can download from the web in XML and save that to the db... Thanx for the info though - is all food for thought. I did notice that that oo4d or whatever it was (object database) is only 400k... Nice and small... Cheers, Dino -----Original Message----- From: The DOTNET list will be retired 7/1/02 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of franklin gray Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2002 09:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Using DataSets as an IMDB As far as installing, I can't tell you how, but I can tell you that a peer of mine created an install that will check to see if MS SS is already installed and if not, install MSDE without any questions, all with Install Shield. If he can do it, I am sure you can also. As far as support of it, I believe MSDE is a very stable and you will not have any problems with it. After all, MS has been working on it for at least 8 years now I think. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 05/06/2002 You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
