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MSDE 2000 merge modules in VS.NET Deployment

I want to include MSDE 2000 as part of my setup project for a VB.NET app from
withing VS.NET 2003.

I am having trouble finding out how to do this in terms of changing the
settings re instancename and targetname.

Is there a simple guide for finding out how to do this for us mere mortals
without having to go down the path of using the Windows Installer SDK.

I can sucessfully install an instance of MSDE using an instance name that I
choose etc by changing the setup.ini file and running the setup.exe that
comes with MSDE 2000 but of course this is an extra step in the installation
process that I dont want my customers to have to do.

Finally, how do I ensure that the MSDE service that I install starts
straight away - I find that I either have to reboot the PC or start the
service manually after installation.

Any help on this would be much appreciated

Jul 21 '05 #1
1 1787
This should help
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Sijin Joseph
http://www.indiangeek.net
http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph

hplloyd wrote:
I want to include MSDE 2000 as part of my setup project for a VB.NET app from
withing VS.NET 2003.

I am having trouble finding out how to do this in terms of changing the
settings re instancename and targetname.

Is there a simple guide for finding out how to do this for us mere mortals
without having to go down the path of using the Windows Installer SDK.

I can sucessfully install an instance of MSDE using an instance name that I
choose etc by changing the setup.ini file and running the setup.exe that
comes with MSDE 2000 but of course this is an extra step in the installation
process that I dont want my customers to have to do.

Finally, how do I ensure that the MSDE service that I install starts
straight away - I find that I either have to reboot the PC or start the
service manually after installation.

Any help on this would be much appreciated

Jul 21 '05 #2

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