firebird-support - Re: [ib-support] FB 1.0 Problem

Subject	Re: [ib-support] FB 1.0 Problem
Author	Duleep Sahadevan
Post date	2001-10-19T14:58:41Z

Hello.

I don't think that firebird requires a client install.
All you need to do is to put a copy of gds32.dll in
the application folder.

cheers
Duleep

--- Paul Schmidt <paul@...> wrote:

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On 18 Oct 2001, at 13:01, David R. Robinson wrote:

> > >Somehow when I installed Delphi 3, it

wrote a gds32.dll from 1996,

> > >the FB installer refused to overwrite

this file, causing the above

> > >error. Does the installer check

the version number?

> 
> Wise (and just about all installers) work based

on the assumption that

> the version of a file is what is used to

determine if a file should be

> overwritten or not. If the file version of

the file your are

> installing is older than the existing version,

you shouldn't replace

> it. So, what's happening is that the FB

gds32.dll file is version

> 1.0.0.338 which the installer thinks is older

than 4.x, 5.x or 6.x, so

> it doesn't replace it. Depending on what

the decision for the hack as

> Ann referrs to was, I'll try to figure out

something to avoid the

> problem for the next build (which could be

aborting the installer if

> GDS32.DLL already exists).

Abort the install? Isn't that a little
harsh? As a 
consultant/contractor/computer guy, I would like to
have the option 
of including the install file in my setup, and then my
install simply 
runs that program to make sure that the client is
installed 
correctly, without having to reinvent the wheel.
If it simply aborts, I 
can't do that. Could you document the
process untaken by the 
installer so that it could be merged into another
install process. 
 
Here are a few other options, they are all correct
actions, it 
depends on what the Wise Installer is capable
of. It should be 
documented as to which one you decide to use, there
may also be 
others, feel free to use any of these, or come up with
another. 
 
1) Rename the existing gds32.dll to gds32_dll.old and
write the 
new one. If this isn't what the user wants, the
user can simple 
delete the FB one, and rename the old one back. 
 
2) Change gds32.dll so it reflects the same version
number as the 
Borland one, with a different build number.
Since it now checks as 
V6 it should not be a problem. The version
resource would have 
other information that reflects the true version
number. 
 
3) Give the installing person a pop-up that asks if
they want to 
overwrite it or not. Could be combined with
1and/or 5 or 6.. 
 
4) Add an install option, that asks if the user wants
to skip the 
version check for gds32.dll, during the install.
Could be combined 
with 1and/or 5 or 6. 
 
5) Store the new gds32.dll as gds32_dll.fb and let the
user rename 
it themselves. 
 
6) Create a directory called \windows\system\fbbackup
move the 
old gds32.dll to this directory and write the new one
in the correct 
place. 
 
Paul

> 
> > Yes it does. The problem is that

InterBase is V6.x while the

> > equivalent Firebird is V1.x, which makes the

installer (and the

> > installer writer) unhappy. 
> 
> LOL. I just like things to be simple.

:)

> 
> > We've introduced a hack which should work

and should keep

> > other installers from replacing our

gds32.dll.

> 
> BTW, what was the final decision on this? I

don't think I ever heard

> what the final decision was. 
> 
> David R. 
> 
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Paul Schmidt 
Tricat Technologies 
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