Deploying a VB.Net app with an Access Database

[Andrew]

Hi,

I currently do all my development using Access 2002 but want to move on to
VB provided I can produce a deployment CD which will include the VB front
end, Access database, .Net framework and Jet 4 database engine. Can you
confirm if VB.net 2003 is able to produce such a deployment project and
where I should look for more info?

I've looked at the MS support info on the net but I'm still confused as
there doesn't appear to be
a single file I can include with my deployment that will install the MDAC2.7
on the end users system. Am I correct in thinking I may need to do a number
of checks to see which, if any version of the MDAC is currently installed,
and then advise the user to install a number of updates? Can I totally
automate the installation of these files?



Thanks

Andrew

 

[Harold Ommert[MS]]

Hi,

You will generally use the Windows Installer to deploy a VB.NET
application. However, the .NET Framework needs to be installed prior to
executing the Windows Installer package(.msi file). The following article
and MSDN link have some very good information regarding this.


324733 HOW TO: Distribute the .NET Framework with a Visual Studio .NET
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324733

Using Visual Studio .NET to Redistribute the .NET Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/ht
ml/vsredistdeploy.asp

Hope this information is helpful.

Harold Ommert
Microsoft Developer Support

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