The Automatic OS Updater (Full Version) will detect your OS and then installs the VB Runtime files, MDAC 2.8, MDAC 2.0 and Jet Engines 4.0 (Access 97 and up) and 3.51 (Access 95 and 97). This you might want to include in your packages to make sure that the users computers are current before installing your app. You can run the utility silently with no user intervention by including the /VERYSILENT /NORESTART switches in your command line. This package can usually fix the problems that some software vendors create when they force old dll/exe/ocx files onto your computer (Yes, they do that!!!, I could name a few but they would not be too HAPPY about it!!!). Just install this package after you install their software and your troubles should disappear.
We have also included seperate installations for the Auomatic OS Updater so that you may include these smaller installation in your setup packages for the individual OS. Each one includes everything that you need for that OS.
Or you can add this to your Inno Setup Script using (of course change the source file location): InnoScript can do this automatically now. Just check the Auto OS Updater in the parameter screen.
Visual Basic Runtime 5.0
Visual Basic Runtime 6.0
DCOM for Windows 95
DCOM for Windows 98
Microsoft Data Access 2.0 Components (Last MDAC that had Jet 3.51 support)
Microsoft Data Access 2.8 SP1 Components
Microsoft Jet 3.51 SP3 Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP7 Me Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP7 2003 Server Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 9x/NT Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 Replication Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 2000 Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 XP Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 2003 Server Components
Bound Data Control Support
The manual updater will detect your Operating System and give you the appropriate selections for you to install on that OS. Not all selection should be installed, it truly depends on what you want to accomplish. Let's say you want to get ADO database connectivity to an Access 97 and Access 2000 database. You would want to select the MDAC 2.0 installation and the Jet components 3.51 and 4.0 (MDAC 2.8 will automatically be installed first if MDAC 2.0 is selected).
The updater will do the rest for you. It will install them in the correct order. All available Service Packs and or MDAC will not display. Only the ones for your OS will be available to install. Supports 95/98/Me/2000/XP.
Note: When installing DCOM for 95/98, you may get a message that there is already a newer version of DCOM installed. Just click OK and continue. DCOM will not be installed .
Contents:
Visual Basic Runtime 5.0
Visual Basic Runtime 6.0
DCOM for Windows 95
DCOM for Windows 98
Microsoft Data Access 2.0 Components (Last MDAC that had Jet 3.51 support)
Microsoft Data Access 2.6 Components
Microsoft Data Access 2.7 Components (Installed with Windows XP)
Microsoft Data Access 2.8 SP1 Components
Microsoft Jet 3.51 SP3 Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP3 Components (Pre Windows 2000)
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP6 95/NT Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP6 Me Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP6 2K Components (Installed with Windows 2000 Service Pack 3).
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP6 XP Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP7 2000 Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP7 XP Components (Installed with XP).
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP7 Me Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP7 9x/NT Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP7 2003 Server Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP7 Replication Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 9x/NT Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 Replication Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 2000 Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 XP Components
Microsoft Jet 4.0 SP8 2003 Server Components
Bound Data Control Support
