Subject Runtime Files From Patrick Kox <Patrick Kox> <Patrick Kox <Patrick Kox>> Date Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:08:12 +0100 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started I've been "playing" around a bit with the finished program that comes with the Tutorial on the Knowledgebase. Now the representative from Germany that contacted me to answer a few questions I have told me that using an installer is history and that it's faster and easier to just give the finished product to the user (like a customer) and have them copy it to the destination directory (whatever they want I guess) and then just run the program (include the runtimes to make it work). It would also make updates easier since you only need to tell them to overwrite the older files. But ... People on these USENET server are advising to use an installer since it's better for Windows Vista and Windows 7 due to the new security features that were added. So here is my question. 1. I noticed that the final tutorial.exe doesn't work (get the well known can't run PLUSRUN error 740 or something). 2. If I add the PLUSr_en.dll, PLUSrun.exe, plusrun.exe.manifest and tutorial.exe.manifest files to the directory I get the message to run it in "Admin" mode (don't really know if that's needed ?) and the program works. So without installation and just by adding these files it all seems to work well. But without these files it doesn't run (and I assume that the runtimes are installed by default after installing dBASE Plus). And that brings me to the questions, 1. Why is an installer better ? (since it seems to work fine without, at least for me) 2. What should be included with an installer to make it all work (and does the installer need to include the installer for the runtimes ?). 3. Is anyone known with DeployMaster ? It's from the same people as EditPad Pro 6 which is a very good program. Or do you advise another installer (like the free inno one) and why ? Patrick