Charlie Coleman wrote: > At 09:15 PM 1/31/2009 -0600, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:01 PM, KAM.covad >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Installing on the local machine will not work for my clients. I have >> tried it. It is a mess. If you have 8 workstations, you would have to >> update all 8 at the same time. You would have to deal with that stupid MS >> requirement to 'register' ocx and dll files, even if they are in the same >> folder with the exe. >> ---------------------------------------- > > Actually, what you do is have a 1-time "big" install on the local machines. > Include in that install every OCX you'd ever think you'd possibly need. The > installation gets done by some admin (or temporarily logged on as admin). > Then during the updates only copy the updated .exe (and other files if you > want) to the local machines. > > We've done this and it's worked great across 4 different MS OS version > releases. > > The only downside is if you need to update the OCX itself - e.g. going to a > later version of the OCX. In that case, they'd have to do the "big install" > again.
Rick Borup's session on installers at WhilFest years ago suggested this, iirc. (Well, not exactly a BIG app but rather a lightweight one that had all the runtimes.) He'd deploy something like a notebook/notepad/calendar app that was basic but contained the runtimes, and then he'd deploy his apps (w/o the runtimes) with obviously much smaller size. Rick B. frequents here so--please correct me where wrong, sir! Using his tips, I just created a simple Inno script with runtimes (no app though) called MBSS Essentials. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
