Updated DAO Redistributable Components (160554)

SUMMARY

The incorrect DAO redistributable components were shipped with Visual C++4.X.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Daoredis.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

NOTE: Use the -d option when running Daoredis.exe to decompress the file and recreate the proper directory structure.

MORE INFORMATION

The DAO redistributable components provided with the Visual C++ CD-ROM are an incomplete version of the full DAO SDK. To redistribute DAO, you do not need the DAO SDK. This patch provides the correct setup script for redistributing just the DAO components.

Use the redistributable components provided with this patch in place of those in \MSDEV\REDIST\DAO directory on the Visual C++ 4.X CD-ROM.

DAOMIN.RUL and InstallShield

You can still use the DAOMIN.RUL file that ships with Visual C++ 4.X/DAO SDK to modify the setup process of the DAO components. The DAOMIN.RUL file can be found after a typical installation in the C:\MSDEV\DAOSDK\SETUP directory.

You will need the InstallShield SDK, which is installed from the master- setup from both Visual C++ 4.0 and 4.1. However, with the release of Visual C++ 4.2, the master setup only installs the InstallShield Express. InstallShield Express will not work with DAOMIN.RUL and cannot be used to modify or compile it.

InstallShield and Visual C++ 4.2

Visual C++ 4.2 users will need to follow these steps to modify and compile the DAOMIN.RUL file.

Install the InstallShield SDK from Visual C++ 4.1 (or 4.0) from the main setup program.
From the Visual C++ 4.2 CD-ROM, run the update/patch to the InstallShield SDK from: \IShield\SDK\SetupEx.exe.

Silent Install and Log File

On a silent install of the DAO 3.0 components, -12 will be incorrectly reported in the setup log file. This code indicates an error occurred, but in fact is incorrect.

You can run a silent install using the -s switch. You can specify the creation of a log file using -F2<file path>. Normally, the log file would be stored in the same path as SETUP.EXE. However, on a CD-ROM, this means that no log file would be created.