[AccessD] Re: MDW file

Hi John

Or pick a real installer like Inno Setup for free:

  http://www.jrsoftware.org/

It has sample scripts (text files) which easily lets you create your
own scripts.

/gustav


> John,

> Get WinRAR.  It is like WinZip, but has a couple
> of features that you need.  It will create a SPX
> file that is an executable that will do directory
> things, like create them, and then uncompress the
> files into a specific directory.

> Go to a working client machine.  Do the WinRAR
> process on the client files to create the SPX
> file.  Then place it on the network.  Now, by
> opening that file, everyone can install the program
> locally.

> Robert


>>Anyhow, now that I have explained how 'good' I have become, I was
>>thrown a twist. Because this guy is out of town, he cannot respond to a
>>call that they have regarding a program he wrote. It needs to be placed
>>on the desktops, of another department. "No problem," I said, "I can
>>handle it." But I notice in the shortcut that exists, in the original
>>department, it uses an .MDW file in the target line (ms.mdw" "c:\program
>>files\cms\cmssecure.mdb"). I just called to verify this line, because I
>>thought that at least a "c was missing from the front...I don't get the
>>one quote mark.
>>
>>I have never used workgroup features of Access, and I really don't plan
>>to. What do I need to do to set this up?