[AccessD] Runtime Driver

What are you using to build the installer?  One of the script driven
installers, like Wise or InstallShield should allow you to do this.

Charlotte Foust

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stephen R.
Zayko
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 7:41 AM
To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Runtime Driver


Group:

Is it possible to include the drivers needed for a runtime solution?  I
have an A2K database which I would like to package as a runtime.  It is
an A2K FE with a MySQL BE accessed via ODBC through the web.  Trouble
with the distribution is that people must install the MySQL ODBC driver,
and then create/link to the machine data source of the MySQL database (I
think I said that right).  

What I would like to do is this...

Create the runtime with the drivers and the source database info. Then
when a user unpacks/installs the runtime, 
	A: The MYSQL driver installs on that machine and
	B: The ODBC data source is created with all the needed info.

A looks pretty simple to do.  You just include that in the files to be
included during the packaging of the app. B however, I am not too sure
about.  Can I do this through code?  Has anyone else done this before?

thanks in advance.

-Z

Stephen R. Zayko
 
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