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8 Oct 2005 6:58 PM
areejan2000
I tried Vb Installer its cool compared to PDW

i installed a database program is installed using vbinstaller setup.
its fine and working

every time i put the setup  cd

how to  ...

1.disable repair and remove options from the setup interface

2.create a backup of database if exists (if somebody accidently

run setup again)

''
i read that ORCA.EXE can edit msi file .any body done this

successfully pls advice because

time and tide waits for none
and
time is money...

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8 Oct 2005 7:17 PM
Ken Halter
<areejan2***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I tried Vb Installer its cool compared to PDW
>
> i installed a database program is installed using vbinstaller setup.
> its fine and working
>
> every time i put the setup  cd
>
> how to  ...
>
> 1.disable repair and remove options from the setup interface
>
> 2.create a backup of database if exists (if somebody accidently
>
> run setup again)
>
> ''
> i read that ORCA.EXE can edit msi file .any body done this
>
> successfully pls advice because

There's a lot of good info here.....

Visual Studio Installer Concepts
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsinstal/html/veovrvisualstudioinstallerconcepts.asp

Support WebCast: An Introduction to the Visual Studio Installer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324571

How To Create a Visual Basic Installer Package with Visual Studio Installer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;263739

Best practices for deploying Visual Basic 6.0 applications
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830761

Results 1 - 10 for:
this exact phrase: visual studio installer; category: All Results; site:
MSDN and KB
http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?view=msdn&st=a&na=81&qu=&qp=visual+studio+installer&qa=&qn=&c=10&s=1

Quite a few people here use Inno Setup (freeware)
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php


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8 Oct 2005 8:00 PM
Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]
<areejan2***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> i read that ORCA.EXE can edit msi file .any body done this
> successfully pls advice

I have used Orca to modify .msi files in order to add functionality that the
Visual Studio Installer doesn't provide in the interface. I've never had a
problem with it. However, figuring out WHAT to do has not been the easiest
thing....