> Hi all,
>
> I have a demo version of my software bundled with Embedded Firebird
> 2.1.1. Now a customer installed that on an XP machine with no Service
> Pack (or an old SP).
>
> I gave the vccrt8_Win32.msi file from the Firebird 2.1.1 Zip file to
> the customer, but he was unable to run it because of his MSI Installer
> being too old.
>
> What can I do to overcome such situations?
>
> I expect hell on earth when I deliver a larger number of demo versions
> to people that just want to install a simple software. Why can't
> fbclient.dll just run on any Windows like it did before? I don't get
> over it.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Stefan
>
> --
> Stefan Heymann, Tübingen, Germany

My install follows the guidelines:
If OS < Vista, place the dlls in the system32 dir
if>XP, run the msi
Alan