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Since installing SP4 on VB6
When I make deployment floppies from my apps with PDW
and go to install on the target machine, the installer promts to insert all disks 3 (THREE!) times.
On the 2nd,3rd inserts it doesn't seem to do much (read directory only?).
Anyone else seen this, Have they suffed up in SP4?
PDW has always sucked and it always will!
get installshield, if you cant afford that get InnoSetup http://www.jrsoftware.org its free!
Yeah, I had bad install problems after installing SP4, the install refreshes all the core system DLLS, reboots, and fails to make the transfer of those DLLs, thinks it hasn't replaced them (which it hasn't) and repeats this process endlessly...
Yes, they screwed up. My set is 13 disks, with 89 files. So:
for i = 1 to 89
for j = 1 to 13
print "insert disk " & j
next
next
Nice, eh?
yes, pdw has always sucked, now it sucks harder.
Oh, and dont try and go back and develop apps you started without service pack 4 - not if you dont want to get error 430 - `we`ve changed the recordset structure, and now your old code wont work - please find a pc that you didnt install sp4 on if you want to continue work`.
And dont try and change the references in your vb project - that wont work, not even if you clear the `upgrade activex` box. Cos it`ll put them back next time you compile.
Oh, and the upgrade requires you to ship mdac_typ.exe, which is 7 megs. And it wont install that automatically, you have to find and run it yourself. This requires a reboot or 5, so say goodbye to silent installs, or installs from a batch file.
You could say i`m a bit pissed off about all this. Service pack 4 is on the august 2000 msdn, so get ready for *loads* of complaints about all this. Theres already some stuff in the GreatSatans knowledgebase. (theres even a bug in the bug report - they put down mdac2.6, not 2.5!).
This would be funny if i hadnt wasted so much time trying to sort it out.
Thanks, all!
If MS cant get the MOST IMPORTANT part of any commercial programming language (ie deployment) after version 6, patch 4 (ie 20+ attempts),
why are people not asking Mr Gates for a product refund?
Is there a web site listing/discussing known/possible bugs in sp4?
Well, you`d think it`d be on thegreatsatan.com... sorry, microsoft.com, but i cant find too much yet. I`m sure you wont miss them when they flood in. maybe check Usenet, there are a few vb groups there...