Re: Need Help..not sure how to word this

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From: Ralph (nt_consulting32_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 06:21:26 -0500

"New guy" <noemail@noemail.com> wrote in message
news:uUt9HKiYEHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Ralph, you have provided me a lot of good info and maybe can help with
this
> last new piece...
>
> I extracted the .inf file from the compiled cab. I found reference to
> mdac_typ.cab...
>
> [msado15.dll]
> hook=msado15.cab_Installer
> clsid={00000514-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4}
> FileVersion=2,80,1022,0
>
> [msado15.cab_Installer]
> file-win32-x86=http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/mdac_typ.cab
> run=%EXTRACT_DIR%\setup.exe
>
> So, it appears that the P&DW may be doing what it supposed to do. I am
> assuming since ado needs MDAC then this is why the entry for MDAC is in
the
> inf...and rightly so. Then I copied the website address right into my
> browser and the cab did download as I expected. However, after I manually
> extracted the cab and ran the setup.exe it wanted to install MDAC 2.5!
But
> my project references ado 2.8 (mdac 2.8). Could this be what is causing
my
> problem?
>
> The version number referenced in the inf shows 2.8, but the version coming
> down from the web is 2.5. Could this be why MDAC is not being installed
> when the cab is downloaded?
>
>

The version of MDAC that will be built into your package is the version of
"MDAC_TYP.exe" you have in the ..VB98/Wizards/PDWizard/redist folder. The
initial version of the Mdac_typ.exe installed with VB98 is 2.5. No installs
or service packs updates the versions in this folder - you have to manually
copy your newest mdac_typ.exe into this folder.

You said above - "I copied the website address right into my browser" - I
just got a terrible thought - all this time I thought you were creating a
standard setup package - Are you creating a package for "Internet
Deployment"??????

If so then the MDAC components should be downloaded from
ttp://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/mdac_typ.cab.
, never included with your package, nor manually installed by any means -
always use the "Download from Microsoft WebSite" option. i.e., include the
URL - never the components.

HTH
-ralph

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