"David C" <DavidC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Michael,
>
>> euhhmmm yeah and then with Delphi what will they do ???? then they will
>> have the same problem if IE is the dependancy you rely on
>
> I should have been clearer - it's not our app that depends on IE, it's the
> framework itself. Both 98 and 98SE do not meet the minimum .Net Framework
> requirement of IE 5.01.
>
>> our current solution ??? well we have downloaded the IEAK ( internet
>> explorer administration kit ) and have so a license to distribute IE
>> with
>> our app our autoplay menu detects if the user has an outdated IE ( pre
>> 6 )
>> and will offer to install the latest version ( shipped on our DVD ) , we
>> noticed that this functionality is not used so verry often and we make
>> cd`s
>> for the automotive sector who are using old computers in the workshop
>
> Is this tricky to implement? I have had a brief look at the IEAK doco and
> couldn't see what I was looking for - maybe I wasn't looking close enough.
>
> Thanks again foir the prompt reply Michael - it's much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> DC
>
>
> "m.posseth" wrote:
>
>> euhhmmm yeah and then with Delphi what will they do ???? then they will
>> have the same problem if IE is the dependancy you rely on
>>
>> I have lots of proggy`s with HTML GUI`s , so my apps dep is the
>> shdocvw.dll ,,,, well this is in every windows operating system starting
>> of
>> windows 98 ( as IE is fully integrated in the operating system ) so only
>> for the rare windows 95 version you will find out there that does not had
>> IE
>> installed you have a problem as Win 95 will only run IE 5.5 and IE 5.5 is
>> obsolete ( as well as win 95 for a mather of fact )
>>
>> Another way would be to use the Mozilla webbrowser control instead , it
>> is
>> Xcopy deployable with your app and has only a 5 mb deploy package ,
>> however
>> if you use the print API from IE you have a problem as they seemed to
>> have
>> forgotten to implement this ,,,,,, i encountered this problem when i was
>> playing with the control , as i use the print preview functionality of
>> the
>> webbrowser control this was not an option for me , for the rest the
>> interface is 1-1 ported to IE ,so this might be your solution ( and you
>> might need to rewrite some HTML :-)
>>
>> our current solution ??? well we have downloaded the IEAK ( internet
>> explorer administration kit ) and have so a license to distribute IE
>> with
>> our app our autoplay menu detects if the user has an outdated IE ( pre
>> 6 )
>> and will offer to install the latest version ( shipped on our DVD ) , we
>> noticed that this functionality is not used so verry often and we make
>> cd`s
>> for the automotive sector who are using old computers in the workshop
>>
>> >> I see many samples and 'hacks' but nothing definite.
>>
>> This is forbidden , you may only distribute IE with a distribution
>> package
>> made with the IEAK
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Michel Posseth [MCP]
>>
>>
>> "David C" <DavidC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:283CF3DE-9A64-4861-825A-81EFDB289AAE@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I'm sure that this is has been asked a million times but I'm having
>> > problems
>> > finding a definitive answer. Is it possible to install IE as part of a
>> > standard deployment package in a safe and reliable way that will work
>> > on
>> > all
>> > Windows versions from 98 onwards and does not require administrative
>> > priveliges?
>> >
>> > I see many samples and 'hacks' but nothing definite. There was
>> > apparently
>> > an
>> > MSI wrapper for IE but it seems to have disappeared off the MSDN site.
>> > I
>> > would be open to suggestions for both 1.1 and 2.0 by the way.
>> >
>> > As an aside, I have to say that this is pretty poor form from MS. If
>> > this
>> > can't be done in a straightforward, supported way my company will be
>> > using
>> > Delphi for this app!
>> >
>> > Thanks All (sorry about the whinge)
>> >
>> > DC
>>
>>
>>