John
Thu May 12 02:27:33 CDT 2005
Thanks Lee,
I would agree with everything you say. However the decision to use different
install packages is not going to be popular with the management here but I
don't seen any real alternative.
John
"Lee Mitchell" <Leemi@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi John:
>
> This is a system file protection message; and I don't think it is wise to
> even try to defeat it on Windows 2003.
>
> If you need the STDOLE2.tlb on Windows 98 and NT, I would make a separate
> InstallShield project for those platforms. Since those operating systems
> don't have SFP, you should not have a problem. Then make another install
> package without the STDOLE2.tlb for the other operating systems. Does this
> sound like a viable plan?
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> Sincerely,
> Microsoft FoxPro Technical Support
> Lee Mitchell
>
> *-- VFP9 HAS ARRIVED!! --*
> Read about all the new features of VFP9 here:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/
>
> *--Purchase VFP 9.0 here:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/PRODUCTS/info/product.aspx?view=22&pcid=54787e64-52
> 69-4500-8bf2-3f06689f4ab3&type=ovr
>
> Keep an eye on the product lifecycle for Visual FoxPro here:
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=fh;[ln];lifeprodv
> - VFP5 Mainstream Support retired June 30th, 2003
> - VFP6 Mainstream Support retired Sept. 30th, 2003
>
>>Thanks Lee,
>
>>Yes we are building STDOLE2.tlb into the installshield project. We need to
>>support Win 98, NT4, Win 2K, XP and 2003 and we have had problems in the
>>past if we don't include STDOLE2.tlb on the Win98 and NT4 platforms.
>
>>John
>
>>"Lee Mitchell" <Leemi@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:YwEnZuaVFHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl...
>> Hi John:
>>
>> Are you building STDOLE2.tlb into your InstallShield project? If you
>> make
>> a simple "Wait Window" executable with the VFP runtime files, do you get
>> the same error message when installing on the Windows 2003 server?
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Microsoft FoxPro Technical Support
>> Lee Mitchell
>>
>> *-- VFP9 HAS ARRIVED!! --*
>> Read about all the new features of VFP9 here:
>>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/
>>
>> *--Purchase VFP 9.0 here:
>>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/PRODUCTS/info/product.aspx?view=22&pcid=54787e64-52
>> 69-4500-8bf2-3f06689f4ab3&type=ovr
>>
>> Keep an eye on the product lifecycle for Visual FoxPro here:
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=fh;[ln];lifeprodv
>> - VFP5 Mainstream Support retired June 30th, 2003
>> - VFP6 Mainstream Support retired Sept. 30th, 2003
>>
>>>We are attempting to install a VFP 8 application on the above mentioned
>>>Windows 2003 Small Business Server. We get a problem during installing
>>>the
>>>runtime file, namely the following error message appears when trying to
>>>upgrade STDOLE2.tlb.
>>
>>>Error 1931: The Windows Installer Service cannot update the system file:
>>>C:\Windows\System32\Stdole2.tlb because the file is protected by Windows.
>>>You may need to update your operating system for this program to work
>>>correctly.
>>
>>>I understand what the error means but the installation file build usind
>> the
>>>version of Installshield that came with VFP 8, uses the MS supplied merge
>>>modules to install the VFP runtime files and their dependencies.
>>
>>>Does anyone have any ideas on how to get around this error?
>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>>John
>