For anyone interested I got a simple solution.
Briefly what I was trying to achieve.
Use a standard installer to install an MDE, and add a desktop/program file
shortcut which has the correct target file script to start the mde using a
specified MDW file.
Assumptions
1. The BE is already created, and its location known.
2. The FE contains the correct table links to this BE file
3. The MDW file location is fixed and known.
4. Familiarity with a standard installer, eg ClickTeam
5. The install directory is fixed and cannot change
How to do it.
1. Create the appropriate shortcut, file, with the path to the MDW file.
2. Place this shortcut file along with the front end file in a directory of
your choosing.
3. Open Clickteam installer, and point to this directory, for the source of
files.
4. Instead of creating a shortcut to the mde file, create a shortcut to the
shortcut file.
5. Everyting else as normal with the installer.
6. Compile the setup file.
Since a shortcut to a shortcut is actually only a copy of the shortcut file,
this does the job, and copies the shortcut already created (and tested) to
the desktop.
Limitations.
Since the shortcut script is hard coded into the files in the installer, the
mde file must be installed into this location.
Gerry Abbott
"Gerry Abbott" <pl****@ask.ie> wrote in message
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I have ODE 2000, as well as other versions of Office.
Currently i install and split solutions into mde Fe and mdb Be files at
clients site. Then for updates (which exclude changes to the data) i
package the new mde, and a readme, and sometimes a video or help files
into an install exe. I then post it to my website and provide the user
with a link to download and insall it. . It puts a shortcut to the files
where i define, program files, and desktop. Simple, works great using a
freeware installer, and for my clients its a hassle free approach .
However i'm now implementing security on some applications, and want to do
the same. But since i want to use a dedicated MDW file, i need to create
the desktop shortcut with the correct target file script.. Most installers
just put the file name into the target field of the shortcut, and if
there's command line options, they are added to the end of this string. So
the target string ends up the wrong way round for connecting with the
defined MDW. I'm sure some of the heavyweight installer programs will do
this, but I would have difficulty cost justifying the expense.
Is there a tool in ODE 2000 which will help me with this 'simple' task, or
any other clever suggestions.?
Thanks
Gerry Abbott
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