Automatically setup add-ins

[SiJP]

This should be interesting...

My main application is a contact manager. Let's say for sod sake it is called contact.mde.

I have developed in a seperate database one form that outputs the contact information from contact.mde into XML, and I'm calling it tp1.mda (tp stands for Third Party).

Now. Some of my client base I will be sending this tp1.mda add in, and some of them I will not. What I want is an easy way to install the addin, withint the contact.mde database, without too much interaction.

There is very scarce information on the addin's collection out there, so anyone with a sucessfull implementation of this sort of thing, you're comments would be welcome!

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[markphsd]

Can't you delivery the mda with all of the installations and prevent users from using the features in it?

Mark P.

http://www.cafecartel.com

Providing Low Cost Powerful Point of Sale Solutions.

 

[SiJP]

Hi Mark, thank's for the input.

I do see where you're coming from, and I may do this in the interim.

The idea is, however, that in future I may have between 3 and 10 add ins, all of which the end client will have a choice of whether to install. I was kind of hoping to achive this sucessfully with 1 addin before confirming it's viability (walk before running to coin a phrase).

Cheers

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[markphsd]

Yeah,

I have a similiar thing going on.

My customers can choose between several types of credit card processors to use. Each one of these processors uses their own dll's that must be registered in Access. I just include all of them in distribution and not worry which processor they decide on using.

Mark P.

http://www.cafecartel.com

Providing Low Cost Powerful Point of Sale Solutions.

 

[SiJP]

Must be registered? Hmm... when using DLL's I prefer late binding - I'm lazy thou



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