When I have done this in my applications I use the setup program provided by MapInfo. I use InstallShield to create the installation for my application. The first thing I do is install all the relevant files for my application, the final operation of the installer is to then see whether or not MapX is required on the target machine. This can be done in one of two ways:
1) Query the windows registry to check if MapX is already installed 2) Inform the user MapX is required (by a dialog) and ask if they want the installer to install it Contained on the MapX CD there is a installer package that is about 32.1Mb in size. If the result of checking for MapX results in the installation being required then I simply run the setup.exe contained within the one provided by MapInfo. Once that has completed my installer exits. Then I just add a directory on the CD that I create called "MapX_Installer" to hold the small package provided by MapInfo. Job Done! Regards, -------------------------------------------------------- Colin Henderson Pre and Post Sales Support Ordnance Survey Southampton, SO16 4GU Web: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Tel: ++44 (0)2380 792034 Mob: ++44 (0)7771 972307 --------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Lars V. Nielsen (GisPro) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 November 2004 15:55 To: Tim Smith Cc: MapInfo-L Subject: Re: MI-L MapX run-time installation Hi Tim, The way to go about it, is for you to include the mapx ocx and relevant files (dll's etc.) in your own installation. There's no easy way around it, just the hard, as far as I know. There is a section in the MapX (5.0) online help named "Distributing Your MapX Application" that explains in detail what to include and where to put it. Good luck. Best regards/Med venlig hilsen Lars V. Nielsen GisPro, Denmark http://www.gispro.dk/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MapInfo-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:19 AM Subject: MI-L MapX run-time installation Hi List, I have a MapX question that I have asked MapInfo about, but I thought I might get a good answer here earlier... Hi, I want to distribute our MapX application. I have read the user manual and it indicates that there are two ways to licence the run-time libraries. The easy way is to install MapX from the MapX install CD, the other is to include all the dlls etc. in my own installer. I want to do the easy way. How do I supply our customers with the MapX install CD? Can I copy our CD and give it to our customers and then purchase licenses? Or does MapInfo supply a CD with each run-time license purchased? Is there a separate run-time installer CD than the main MapX development CD? Thanks for any help with this. Kind regards Tim Smith --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 14009 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 14011 This email and any attachments have been virus checked upon receipt at Ordnance Survey and are free of all known viruses. This email is only intended for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Unless stated otherwise, the contents of this email are personal to the writer and do not represent the official view of Ordnance Survey. Nor can any contract be formed on Ordnance Survey's behalf via email. We reserve the right to monitor emails and attachments without prior notice. Thank you for your cooperation. Ordnance Survey Romsey Road Southampton SO16 4GU Tel: 023 8079 2000 http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 14013
