Setup Files

Hi,
I have been developing an application from the past three months and finally i have managed to finish it off..of course with all your help...now the time for creating an install program has come...i have been digging for good install programs but most of them turned out to be highly expensive;hence ruled out...now i have zeroed-in on inno setup...

I would like to know what all files should be included in the setup if my application uses the following:

.mdb files
connection to access using jet.oledb.4.0 data provider
ADO's
datagrids
flexgrids
progress bars
ms data reports
DAO's

i dont have the faintest idea of how to go about doing this...
i will be grateful if someone helps me with this...

thanq
praveen

Try running PDW and let it make the "dependency file". In there, you should get all the info, you need.

but it creates a huge install setup...and it is giving me errors too:(

Then there must be some error on your App (Just noticed - you're using ADO and DAO at the same time - why?). What are those errors?

Anyway - when you run PDW, it asks you what would you want it to do. Select "Create dependency file". This way, it should produce the file with all dependencies needed in your setup and you'll know then what to include in INNO.

well i Packaged my setup program and it is giving me the following errors-

1)Error Updating System Registry
2)DLLRegisterServer Failed Access is denied for msado15.dll
3)file in use for msvcrt.dll
4)error registering MSADOX.DLL and MSADO20.TLB

what should i do now:(
thanq
praveen

Which SP are you using for VB and what OS (9.x, 2k, NT4, XP,...)

It just might be the matter of SP, if you're using OS above 2k.

Don't bother with msvcrt.dll at all, and instead of trying to include
all those independent data access components, just include
mdac_typ.exe 2.5.

how do i install it on my own system?
i downloaded it and when i try to install it, it says that it is already installed on my system...

but when i do a search, i find a mdac_typ.exe file which is version 2.0...so is it not necessary to have a mdac_typ.exe even when it is installed onto your system???

also when i installed my application, it is failing to add the shortcuts to the start >programs menu

help me
thanx
praveen

Download mdac_typ.exe 2.5 from www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm
Don't try to distribute 2.0 with your app.

i am hanging onto an old thread here...
well i am not getting this at all...does the mdac have all the ocx's and dll's within it or something???

please help me as this is taking a lot of my time from quite sometime now:(

these are the files it has included...
dao350.dll
expsrv.dll
mdac_typ.exe
msado15.dll
msadodc.ocx
msadox.dll
msbind.dll
mschrt20.ocx
mscomctl.ocx
msdatgrd.ocx
msdbrptr.dll
msderun.dll
msflxgrd.ocx
msflxgd.ocx
msjet35.dll
msjint35.dll
msjter35.dll
msrd2x35.dll
msrdo20.dll
msrepl25.dll
msstdfmt.dll
msvcrt.dll
msvcrt40.dll
odbc32.dll
rdocurs.dll
scrrun.dll
vb5db.dll
vb6 runtime and OLE automation
vbajet32.dll

uff...

what files can i omit and what i can include???
thanq

Please reply to my question above..im very desperate now...

also let me know what files i can omit if i include mdac 2.5
thanq