Hi everyone,

I have quite a problem at the moment. I've been asked to produce a database interface program. No problem there. It uses such controls as the DBGrid, DataEnvironment and DataReport. I can create a installer using the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) with no problems, and a test computer worked fine.

However, I've been asked to, essentially, put the exe and related files in a networked folder so that people just have to run it, instead of explicitly installing it. I know this is pretty much impossible, unless people already have the files registered on their machine.

A little note here: using PDW to install, then uninstalling the program still allows my program to be run from the networked folder on the test machine. It didn't work before the install.

Any ideas here? I was thinking, if I have to do it the way I've been asked, I'd make the initial form run a silent install. However, it seems like I'd just be writing my own little installer.

Any help/advice is appreciated. Please and thanx.

Destined