Software Deployment

Does the .cfg file adhere to .ini standards?

Hi Sejacru,

I've worked at a palce that had a LOT of Borland BDE applications (maybe around 30 or so), we ended up creating one master idapi.cfg file (which isn't INI file compatible, its a binary file sadly), and deploying that seperately to the packages themselves. It was something of a pain in the neck though, as I think earlier versions of the borland engine weren't compatible with newer versions (from memory, I seem to recall striking some sort of problem like that).

Rgds

Paul

Check the Borland site, they have Merge Modules available for each version of the engine complete with Custom Actions to configure databases and what not.

Yes i have seen it on the website of borland. I haven´t played with it yet. Next week i´m going to try some things. I was wondering if somebody, just like plangton, has nightmares from bde.

thnx for the reply

hi plangton,

so you made let say:
1 application msi
1 borland database engine (with or without the cfg??)
1 idap32.cfg msi

the method with the idap32.cfg is just fine for us. We do this also with oracle´s tnsnames.

Is this the way to go???

thanx

I see no problems with that solution, it's just a matter of maintenance.

Everytime a new BDE database is introduced into the environment, you have to re-deploy idap32.cfg.

Everytime you capture an program that installs the BDE, you have to exclude it, and make sure it doesn't break your existing install.

I, personally, found the merge modules easier because we have a handful of people who use BDE and I didn't want to have to remember what I did last time, the next time it came up [:D]

Flip a coin [;)]

Hi Sejacru,

Yes thats the way we did it, but this was before Borland had released it as a merge module, and I had no idea that they had. I'd go with Gooseys suggestion now I think - if you can't decide between them, let the coin decide, at least then you can blame the coin :)

Hope that helps

Paul

hello goosey1,

How does it work wit the merge modules?
Do you make a new project. Put in the merge module and than compile the msi?
And where do you put you adapi32.cfg settings?

greetings sejacru

sejacru, i can't remember the details i'm afraid, it's been a while since i dealt with the bornald mm's.

however, i seem to remember the borland support site was pretty decent and the mm's came with some form of doco.

I'll have a hunt around for the last app i did that used borland and let you know if i find it!

Oke thanx