Package and Deployment includes mdac_typ.txt

[Pallex]

Why?!

I have a project and when i try and get it to produce the usual .cab files and setup.exe, it now include mdac_typ.exe.

The only thing i can think of is that i recently downloaded service pack 4 and installed it, and that required me to run some mdac .exe before installing the rest of it. I didnt need it before.

Do i need it? I`m building the project on a 98 system, but the product only has to run on nt (as i got a message about dcom98 too...)

Any ideas?

thanks,
alex.

[Pallex]

Of course, i meant mdac_typ.exe, not .txt

[Jerry Grant]

The mdac_typ.exe is probably V2.1 or V2.5 of ADO. If you are referencing either in your application, this would include the newer files from mdac_typ.exe.

On a NT4.0 box DCOM will already be fully installed, but it's not a bad idea to install the latest flavour.

The DCOM98 (for Win98 or NT4.0, or use DCOM95 for Win95 PCs) should always be installed (then the PC rebooted) prior to mdac_typ.exe, as DCOM is a requirement for the successful upgrade.

Good luck

[Pallex]

think i`m using ado 2.0. Whatever, its not changed since i installed service pack 4, and it worked fine then, so i`m sure it has to do with the service pack, not the ado version.

strange, very strange.