GMK wrote:
> i have an appilcation that needs MSDE2000 to be intalled as
> prerequisit. while building the setup project of my application Using
> InstallSheild X i've integrated a prerequisit rule which consists
> about oif MSDE2000 is not installed on the system to stop the
> intallation ad display an error message. the problem is since we
> intalled the application on windows 2003 server or Windows 2000
> professional the rule worked as it should be But while installing the
> application on windows XP pro the error message apears even if
> MSDE2000 is intalled does anybody faced such a problem ?
> can i heve help to know how to solve it?
> thank you.

"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@virgilio.it> wrote in message
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> hi,
> GMK wrote:
> > i have an appilcation that needs MSDE2000 to be intalled as
> > prerequisit. while building the setup project of my application Using
> > InstallSheild X i've integrated a prerequisit rule which consists
> > about oif MSDE2000 is not installed on the system to stop the
> > intallation ad display an error message. the problem is since we
> > intalled the application on windows 2003 server or Windows 2000
> > professional the rule worked as it should be But while installing the
> > application on windows XP pro the error message apears even if
> > MSDE2000 is intalled does anybody faced such a problem ?
> > can i heve help to know how to solve it?
> > thank you.
>
> unfortunately this is a little bit hard to answer, without knowing the
> method you adopted to check for MSDE presence...
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtm http://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.10.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.56.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> --------- remove DMO to reply
>
>

GMK wrote:
> Well the issue is that in install sheild i can create my own
> condition the condition was that if the "sqlmangr.exe" exist on the
> drive where i'm installing the application to let the setup proceed
> otherwise to stop the setup.
> well it is stopping it even the "sqlmangr.exe" exixts.