[AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation protocol

Whippersnapper!!  Watch your mouth or I'll whack you with my cane! <g>
 
Charlotte Foust

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Drew Wutka [mailto:DWUTKA at marlow.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:32 AM
	To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
	Subject: RE: [AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation protocol
	
	
	An infant among old farts maybe! <Very big EVIL grin>
	 
	I'll admit that my only experience with punch cards was when I
was in Elementary school, we used them for lunch cards!
	 
	Drew

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Charlotte Foust
[mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com]
		Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:04 PM
		To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
		Subject: RE: [AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation
protocol
		
		
		Drew is an infant.  I remember when it cost thousands
for a *10Mb* hard drive! <vbg>
		 
		Charlotte Foust

			-----Original Message-----
			From: John W. Colby
[mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] 
			Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:48 AM
			To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
			Subject: RE: [AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation
protocol
			
			
			Yea, I know.  OTOH, what is the MINIMUM Access
standalone install?
			 
			All of a sudden 20 megs doesn't sound so bad.
And given that you can barely buy a system with less than 20GB, 20 mb
also doesn't sound so bad.
			 

			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 Drew Wutka
				Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:40 PM
				To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
				Subject: RE: [AccessD] Slightly OT:
Installation protocol
				
				
				Only 20 megs....sheesh....remember the
days when it cost an arm and a leg for a 20 meg hard drive?  <grin>
				 
				Drew

				-----Original Message-----
				From: John W. Colby
[mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
				Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 6:29 AM
				To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
				Subject: RE: [AccessD] Slightly OT:
Installation protocol
				
				
				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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