>On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 05:27:00 -0800, DRoberts321 <DRoberts***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>¤ Hi all
>¤ I know a VB6 app will run fine in vista, If you use the compatibility
>¤ wizzard and select the application. My question is
>¤ A) How do you set up the PDW to discover Vista
>¤ B) How do you have it Set  the
>¤ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
>¤ NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\App.path + (App Name.exe) to REG_SZ
>¤ RUNASADMIN
>¤
>¤ So end users do not have to go through this 8 step wizzard?
>
>I would highly recommend using an installer other than the PDW for Vista. It's severely outdated.
>
>You may want to consider a nice little freebee called Inno Setup
>(http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php).
>
>
>Paul
>~~~~
>Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

"Stefan Berglund" wrote:

> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:55:36 -0600, Paul Clement
> <UseAdddressAtEndofMess***@swspectrum.com> wrote:
>  in <04qdu2t48nk6gss1f9m1q6g61ctp6pb***@4ax.com>
>
> >On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 05:27:00 -0800, DRoberts321 <DRoberts***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >¤ Hi all
> >¤ I know a VB6 app will run fine in vista, If you use the compatibility
> >¤ wizzard and select the application. My question is
> >¤ A) How do you set up the PDW to discover Vista
> >¤ B) How do you have it Set  the
> >¤ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> >¤ NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\App.path + (App Name.exe) to REG_SZ
> >¤ RUNASADMIN
> >¤
> >¤ So end users do not have to go through this 8 step wizzard?
> >
> >I would highly recommend using an installer other than the PDW for Vista. It's severely outdated.
> >
> >You may want to consider a nice little freebee called Inno Setup
> >(http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php).
> >
> >
> >Paul
> >~~~~
> >Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
>
> You're a trip Paul.  You can criticize me for having the audacity to use
> other than microsoft products, but you can in all your wonderful
> MVP-ness offer a non microsoft installer as an alternative.  Sheez!
>
> Why didn't you recommend the windows installer?  Huh?  Huh?
>

"DRoberts321" <DRoberts***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F6860A62-ADF2-4AC7-BB1D-DEEEF53CE973@microsoft.com...
|I am trying the posted installer package. I am restricted by my employer to
use
| the MSDAC 2.5 with Access97 databases. So I am trying to get ancient
| software to install and run on new machines. I usually just had to place
the
| MDAC File in the setup and it would install auto with the PDW. I am
testing
| this operation in the posted installer, so far it looks ok, I can't get
the
| dialogs not to show when the MDAC_TYPE.exe spawns from the setup file with
| the listed switches, but as long as it does install I am ok with it though
it
| would be nice if the switches worked.
| I found them on the MS site at:
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842193/
|
| I could care less what I use so long as it will work in Win98-vista
|
| Thanks so much for the answers.
|
| "Stefan Berglund" wrote:
|
| > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:55:36 -0600, Paul Clement
| > <UseAdddressAtEndofMess***@swspectrum.com> wrote:
| >  in <04qdu2t48nk6gss1f9m1q6g61ctp6pb***@4ax.com>
| >
| > >On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 05:27:00 -0800, DRoberts321

| > >
| > >You may want to consider a nice little freebee called Inno Setup
| > >(http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php).
| > >
| > >
| > >Paul
| > >~~~~
| > >Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
| >
| > You're a trip Paul.  You can criticize me for having the audacity to use
| > other than microsoft products, but you can in all your wonderful
| > MVP-ness offer a non microsoft installer as an alternative.  Sheez!
| >
| > Why didn't you recommend the windows installer?  Huh?  Huh?
| >

"Karl E. Peterson" <k***@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23Tosv9CXHHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Kevin Provance <ca***@tpasoft.com> wrote:
>> Well, if worst comes to worst, and Vista supports it, you could use a SxS
>> installation (side by side) by placing the desired DLLs and such into
>> your
>> application folder and creating a blank file of your .exe name with an
>> additional .local extention.
>>
>> For example, if your app is called foo.exe, create a blank file called
>> foo.exe.local.  Adding this file will insure any DLLs in your application
>> folder will load first before the program searches for them elsewhere.  I
>> do
>> this all the time with gdiplus.dll (at MS's recommendation believe it or
>> not) so I know it works under XP and earlier.  I don't know about Vista
>> yet,
>> but will in the next week or so.  ;-)
>
> Are you sure about that "XP and earlier" bit?  I'm pretty certain it
> doesn't reach down into the 9x era, and very unlikely NT4, but I could be
> wrong?
> --
> .NET: It's About Trust!
> http://vfred.mvps.org
>

> "Karl E. Peterson" <k***@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23Tosv9CXHHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Kevin Provance <ca***@tpasoft.com> wrote:
>>> Well, if worst comes to worst, and Vista supports it, you could use a SxS
>>> installation (side by side) by placing the desired DLLs and such into
>>> your
>>> application folder and creating a blank file of your .exe name with an
>>> additional .local extention.
>>>
>>> For example, if your app is called foo.exe, create a blank file called
>>> foo.exe.local.  Adding this file will insure any DLLs in your application
>>> folder will load first before the program searches for them elsewhere.  I
>>> do
>>> this all the time with gdiplus.dll (at MS's recommendation believe it or
>>> not) so I know it works under XP and earlier.  I don't know about Vista
>>> yet,
>>> but will in the next week or so.  ;-)
>>
>> Are you sure about that "XP and earlier" bit?  I'm pretty certain it
>> doesn't reach down into the 9x era, and very unlikely NT4, but I could be
>> wrong?
>> --
>> .NET: It's About Trust!
>> http://vfred.mvps.org

"Kevin Provance" wrote:

> Well, if worst comes to worst, and Vista supports it, you could use a SxS
> installation (side by side) by placing the desired DLLs and such into your
> application folder and creating a blank file of your .exe name with an
> additional .local extention.
>
> For example, if your app is called foo.exe, create a blank file called
> foo.exe.local.  Adding this file will insure any DLLs in your application
> folder will load first before the program searches for them elsewhere.  I do
> this all the time with gdiplus.dll (at MS's recommendation believe it or
> not) so I know it works under XP and earlier.  I don't know about Vista yet,
> but will in the next week or so.  ;-)
>
> - Kev
>
>
> "DRoberts321" <DRoberts***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6860A62-ADF2-4AC7-BB1D-DEEEF53CE973@microsoft.com...
> |I am trying the posted installer package. I am restricted by my employer to
> use
> | the MSDAC 2.5 with Access97 databases. So I am trying to get ancient
> | software to install and run on new machines. I usually just had to place
> the
> | MDAC File in the setup and it would install auto with the PDW. I am
> testing
> | this operation in the posted installer, so far it looks ok, I can't get
> the
> | dialogs not to show when the MDAC_TYPE.exe spawns from the setup file with
> | the listed switches, but as long as it does install I am ok with it though
> it
> | would be nice if the switches worked.
> | I found them on the MS site at:
> | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842193/
> |
> | I could care less what I use so long as it will work in Win98-vista
> |
> | Thanks so much for the answers.
> |
> | "Stefan Berglund" wrote:
> |
> | > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:55:36 -0600, Paul Clement
> | > <UseAdddressAtEndofMess***@swspectrum.com> wrote:
> | >  in <04qdu2t48nk6gss1f9m1q6g61ctp6pb***@4ax.com>
> | >
> | > >On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 05:27:00 -0800, DRoberts321
> <DRoberts***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> | > >
> | > >¤ Hi all
> | > >¤ I know a VB6 app will run fine in vista, If you use the compatibility
> | > >¤ wizzard and select the application. My question is
> | > >¤ A) How do you set up the PDW to discover Vista
> | > >¤ B) How do you have it Set  the
> | > >¤ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> | > >¤ NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\App.path + (App Name.exe) to
> REG_SZ
> | > >¤ RUNASADMIN
> | > >¤
> | > >¤ So end users do not have to go through this 8 step wizzard?
> | > >
> | > >I would highly recommend using an installer other than the PDW for
> Vista. It's severely outdated.
> | > >
> | > >You may want to consider a nice little freebee called Inno Setup
> | > >(http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php).
> | > >
> | > >
> | > >Paul
> | > >~~~~
> | > >Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
> | >
> | > You're a trip Paul.  You can criticize me for having the audacity to use
> | > other than microsoft products, but you can in all your wonderful
> | > MVP-ness offer a non microsoft installer as an alternative.  Sheez!
> | >
> | > Why didn't you recommend the windows installer?  Huh?  Huh?
> | >
>
>
>

"Paul Clement" wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:07:08 -0800, DRoberts321 <DRoberts***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> ¤ All worked fine in XP, and is supposed to now be Vista Compatible. I will be
> ¤ booting into Vista later tonight.
> ¤ I know it is not Microsoft, but so far I am impressed with the
> ¤ Suggested setup program at: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php Inno Setup
> ¤ Compiler 5.1.10
>
> Don't mind Stefan. He's just for some way to take a shot at me. It's no reflection upon the product.
>
>
> Paul
> ~~~~
> Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
>

>I am trying the posted installer package. I am restricted by my employer to use
>the MSDAC 2.5 with Access97 databases. So I am trying to get ancient
>software to install and run on new machines. I usually just had to place the
>MDAC File in the setup and it would install auto with the PDW. I am testing
>this operation in the posted installer, so far it looks ok, I can't get the
>dialogs not to show when the MDAC_TYPE.exe spawns from the setup file with
>the listed switches, but as long as it does install I am ok with it though it
>would be nice if the switches worked.
>I found them on the MS site at:
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842193/
>
>I could care less what I use so long as it will work in Win98-vista
>
>Thanks so much for the answers.

"Stefan Berglund" wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:10:30 -0800, DRoberts321
> <DRoberts***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>  in <F6860A62-ADF2-4AC7-BB1D-DEEEF53CE***@microsoft.com>
>
> >I am trying the posted installer package. I am restricted by my employer to use
> >the MSDAC 2.5 with Access97 databases. So I am trying to get ancient
> >software to install and run on new machines. I usually just had to place the
> >MDAC File in the setup and it would install auto with the PDW. I am testing
> >this operation in the posted installer, so far it looks ok, I can't get the
> >dialogs not to show when the MDAC_TYPE.exe spawns from the setup file with
> >the listed switches, but as long as it does install I am ok with it though it
> >would be nice if the switches worked.
> >I found them on the MS site at:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842193/
> >
> >I could care less what I use so long as it will work in Win98-vista
> >
> >Thanks so much for the answers.
>
> Inno setup is a great installer.  You might want to try a "/s" without
> the quotes as a parameter to the MDAC install to see if it will run
> silently.
>
> ---
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and no guarantees either express or implied.
>
> Stefan Berglund
>