Package and Deployment wizard probs...

[Pallex]

Ok, easier question this time...i`m (still!) trying to get this working, but i`ve given up on trying to get a project packaged up without user intervention...i`m come back to that some time in the future.

My current problem is trying to find a way of telling the PD wizard that an .ocx file needs a certain .dll file. It seems that the wizard knows about the ocx, but makes no attempt to include its dll, so when i install it, it complains (at install time) that something is wrong. I do get complaints from the wizard when i`m putting the package together that it cant find dependencies for the .ocx file, but it doesnt let you browse for the .dlls, and i dont know how to do this.
I know its possible as i have an archive of an earlier version of this project (with none of my changes in) which installs the .ocx and .dll files perfectly.

I`m developing on win 98, and trying to install on a NT4 system, but i know this isnt the problem, as the archived PD wizard packaged disks install perfectly.

Does anyone understand my problem? The microsoft site, and MSDN `help` (sic) files are not much help...

Thanks,
Alex.

[Iain17]

If you know what dll's you need to support your ocx files, then you can just add the relevant dll's to the list of files the PDW installs.

[Pallex]

ok, cheers, i`ve added it, and check it installs to the correct place... but....

i build `multiple cabs`.... when its done i have :

blah_t1.cab
blah_t2.cab
blah_t3.cab
setup.exe
setup.lst

i copy the setups and the 1st cab to disk 1, then the _t2 and _t3 files to disk 2 and 3. the disks have no particular titles ( i just quick formatted them).

i click on setup.exe on the destination machine, and it goes through all 3 disks...then i get a choice of where to install them. i have deleted the old installation of this project so it asks me if it should create a dir - i say yes...then it starts copying...only to ask for disk 1 almost immediately. Why? Hasnt it just copied all the stuff to a temp dir or something? Otherwise, whats it been doing? And anyway, i`ve tried putting in disk 1,2 and 3 and clicking ok and it still asks for disk 1!

I`ve been MicroShafted!!!! Help!
Alex.