Dev Tools 97

[DZ]

I am packaging an Access 97 custom application using the Office 97 dev tools.

This is first time I used the Setup Wizard and I want to be sure that I am
doing everything correctly.

The first time I ran the Office 97 Dev Tools Setup Wizard, I noticed that
two of the items i set references to in my application, were not
automatically included with the setup files folder that the Setup Wizard
created. They were:

MSO97.DLL (Microsoft Office 8.0 Object Library)
EXCEL8.OLB (Microsoft Excel 8.0 Object Library)

These references are needed by my application.

I assumed that the setup wizard would automatically scan the application
references and add the files. they were not, added, so I ran the Setup Wizard
again and I browsed for and added the files listed above.

I set the Destination folder for both files to $(WinSysPath). Is that
correct?

After the Setup Wizard finished, the folder with the Setup files contained
the files mentioned above.

I'm just checking to see if I did this correctly.

Will these files automatically be registered when a user runs the
Application Setup?

Is there anything else I should be aware of regarding the setup in general,
DLL conflicts?

I created a runtime version and runtime shortcut in the Setup Wizard with
all the necessary files.

If the user has a newer version of Access on their machine, will there be
conflict with this runtime version.

Thanks for any feedback

 

[Alex Dybenko]

Hi,
MSO97.DLL will be included in Access runtime, or already installed, if user
has access installed.
EXCEL8.OLB will be installed if user has Excel, installing it without excel
has no sense

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[Douglas J. Steele]

Not only that, but I don't believe it's legal to redistribute EXCEL8.OLB
unless the user has Excel.