There is a difference between the whole BDE and the kitchen sink - I haven't
looked at the documentation for a while, but I did go through it all once
when we decided which way to go and the extra stuff isn't padding.
Max
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Mark Howard
Sent: Friday, 22 October 1999 17:32
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Requirements for application upgrade D3 to D5
Mark said
> Hi All
> I have just looked at the BDE 5.01 upgrade self extracting file on the
> Borland page.
> It is around 12 Mbytes.
>
> A complete BDE 5.01 installation as created by the Wise installation
> software (from the copy of the BDE shipped with D5) is about 3.7Mbytes.
>
> Why would I not use the latter? Is it to do with leaving existing BDE
> configuration intact?
>
> Thanks
>
> Confused of Rotorua (alias Mark)
>
Max Renshaw-Fox replied
> The UG on the Borland site is the whole kit and kaboodle - ie everything
you
> could ever attach to the BDE and/or SQL links etc etc.
>
> With a wise or IS install you can deliver just the bits you want.
[snip]
Yes.... but the Wise installation size reported WAS for the WHOLE 32 bit
BDE --
I thought. Is that not correct?
Mark
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