Deploying a windows application : headaches

[jinte]

Hi,

I finally got my windows application working the way I want it. I created it using Visual Studio .NET 2003.

I even managed it to deploy it and create an installation file (exe and .ini). When I install the application on my computer (windows 2000) then everything works fine.

But when I install the same application on another computer within the corporate LAN, I get an application error and it asks after a JIT debugger.

I also installed the dotnet framework on the other computers.

Is it possible that the application only runs on computers where the visual studio is installed (like mine), maybe because the .NET framework that is part of VS.NET is more extended than the .NET framework that I downloaded from Microsoft site (version 1.1)?

In my application I make use of ado.net, is this a standard part of the .net framework?

Please help because this is very frustating.

kind regards

jinte

[PT Exorcist]

No

just look at what the JIT Debugger says

doh

[jinte]

The JIT debugger doesn't say anything because it isn't installed.

I found something on the web: aparently i need to install MDAC 2.7 (because I use the system.data classes) on the computers (windows 2000) or is this already a part of Windows 2000?

Jinte

[Briantcva]

Don't know what, if any, default MDAC 2K has but yeah, sounds like an MDAC issue.

Were you as dissapointed as I was that the framework doesn't include the "exotic" issue of data access?

Also:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...Components.asp

[jinte]

Yes, I was also very frustated.

If the data access component is no part of the .net framework then it also explains why it only runs on my computer with VS.net installed.

thanks

[BukHix]

You can download mdac from here: Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 I was also a little surprised that MDAC wasn't included with the redistributable but I was told it has something to do with versioning and MS not wanting to "break" existing applications.

[jinte]

My underlying database is MS Access 2000. Is this included (oledb) in MDAC 2.8 or do I have download still another file??

Jinte

[mendhak]

It's included. They haven't forgotten MS-Access.

[yaksplat]

You can set up the installation program to check to make sure that the correct version of MDAC is installed prior to running the installation. I just tried to hunt down the article in MSDN, but I couldn't find it.

I'll check on my computer at work tomorrow

Jim

[Briantcva]

Originally posted by yaksplat
You can set up the installation program to check to make sure that the correct version of MDAC is installed prior to running the installation.

It's in the link I posted before.