John W. Colby
jcolby at ColbyConsulting.com
Tue Mar 18 07:41:01 CST 2003
Unfortunately they did exactly what they were told to do. The system is
broken, and there is no cure within the system.
John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:19 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation protocol
Interesting John, but doesn't help when receiving other people's stuff.
What should they have done different that would have saved me some grief?
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Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
--------- Original Message --------
From: "John W. Colby" <jcolby at ColbyConsulting.com>
To: "accessd at databaseadvisors.com" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation protocol
Date: 18/03/03 17:37
Yea, you have a grouse. It won't get you far though. Welcome to DLL
hell.
BTW, this is one of the things that .NET is supposed to bring to the
table, no more overwriting system DLLs. Since the runtime for .net is
only about 20 megs, you can literally "xcopy" an entire copy of your
system, complete with the runtime that you use, into a specific directory
and tat is what is used for your app. You don't overwrite other peoples
stuff, they don't overwrite yours.
John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:14 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation protocol
I'd like to know from you who install your VB apps on other people's
machines whether it's normal practice to overwrite system dll's that are
older than the one you're sending out, without asking or telling? A user
here installed a demo which installed a version of oleaut32.dll. Their
version was newer but it stll messed up my Access app, specifically where
it talked to Outlook. Do I have a grouse?
--
Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
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