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Wed, Jun 6 2007 12:06 PM | Permanent Link |
Hi,
I just bought the ODBC driver so I can link an external app to a database I can operate on with Delphi. I seem to be missing a bit of the jigsaw though - a sort of "how to roll this out" document. I've bought the source version for security but don't really want to touch that. I'm going to use the 5 user server thing so I can learn about that too, and I presume that it will help with the two users here who will be accessing the database using ODBC. There is help for the server, so obviously I can get that going, but no obvious admin tool to fiddle with settings. There are in the main DBISAM manual a load of functions to manage the server though - is there a sample server admin tool available? As for the ODBC DLL, how do I get to install that on an end user machine? The ODBC installer seems to have registered something, but obviously that's not a good solution for end user use. Is there an end user installer available? I saw all the info on registry entries, but I'd be much happier with a demo installer script for something like Inno (or the installer itself frankly). But in general, I'm really just hoping for a pointer to how to get this working easily on an "end user" PC. I suspect I've just not found some documentation not in the installation. Thanks for any info! /Matthew Jones/ | |
Wed, Jun 6 2007 3:47 PM | Permanent Link |
Chris Holland SEC Solutions Ltd. Team Elevate | Hi Matt,
I do a test of the registry for the keys for an installed ODBC driver at program startup, and set the keys if they are missing. Below is a code example in C# string OdbcDriverKey = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Odbc\Odbcinst.ini\My ODBC Driver"; string OdbcDriverListKey = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Odbc\Odbcinst.ini\ODBC Drivers"; public void TestForOdbcDriver() { try { if (Registry.GetValue(OdbcDriverKey, "Driver", null) == null) ResetOdbcDriver(); } catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ae) { MessageBox.Show(ae.Message); } catch (System.Security.SecurityException se) { MessageBox.Show(se.Message); } } /// <summary> /// Reset the ODBC driver to the current one /// </summary> public void ResetOdbcDriver() { try { string OdbcDriverFile = Application.StartupPath + @"\MyOdbc.dll"; Registry.SetValue(OdbcDriverListKey, "My ODBC Driver",Installed"); Registry.SetValue(OdbcDriverKey, "Driver", OdbcDriverFile); Registry.SetValue(OdbcDriverKey, "Setup", OdbcDriverFile); Registry.SetValue(OdbcDriverKey, "DriverODBCVer", "03.00"); Registry.SetValue(OdbcDriverKey, "UsageCount", 1); } catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ae) { MessageBox.Show(ae.Message); } catch (System.Security.SecurityException se) { MessageBox.Show(se.Message); } } You will notice that I copied the ODBC driver to my application directory and renamed it to "MyODBC.DLL" then set the registry to point to this driver. Chris Holland |
Wed, Jun 6 2007 4:35 PM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Matthew,
<< I'm going to use the 5 user server thing so I can learn about that too, and I presume that it will help with the two users here who will be accessing the database using ODBC. There is help for the server, so obviously I can get that going, but no obvious admin tool to fiddle with settings. There are in the main DBISAM manual a load of functions to manage the server though - is there a sample server admin tool available? >> Yes, you can use the Server Administration Utility found in the Additional Software and Utilities download here: http://www.elevatesoft.com/scripts/download.dll?action=downinfo&producttype=dbisamadd&version=4 << As for the ODBC DLL, how do I get to install that on an end user machine? The ODBC installer seems to have registered something, but obviously that's not a good solution for end user use. Is there an end user installer available? I saw all the info on registry entries, but I'd be much happier with a demo installer script for something like Inno (or the installer itself frankly). >> I've attached the latest Inno Setup script that we use. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com Attachments: setupscr.iss |
Thu, Jun 7 2007 4:36 AM | Permanent Link |
Many thanks.
/Matthew Jones/ | |
Thu, Jun 7 2007 4:36 AM | Permanent Link |
Tim, thanks for that. I'd forgotten about the admin tools being separate.
It might be nice to include the install script with the installation, but maybe that's something for ElevateDB's version. /Matthew Jones/ | |
Thu, Jun 7 2007 12:34 PM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Matthew,
<< It might be nice to include the install script with the installation, but maybe that's something for ElevateDB's version. >> I'll probably include it in the documentation, at the very least. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
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