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Make installing the sample databases optional

Keith Chisarik — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:24:13 GMT

Please.

It took 45 minutes to install at a customers site yesterday. Thanks.

RE: Make installing the sample databases optional

Trent L. Taylor — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:24:13 GMT

If you pull the DLLs from the C:\Program Files\Common Files\MicroFour\StrataFrame folder, you will always have the most recent assemblies. You could also pull them from the C:\Program FIles\MicroFour\StrataFrame\Assemblies folder as well which are the compiled assemblies that we use when installing StrataFrame to place in your GAC. Either of these file locations would be safe and you would know you have the most recent.

RE: Make installing the sample databases optional

Keith Chisarik — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:35:56 GMT

OK, how can I confirm that I have the 1.6.1 DLL's installed since they say 1.6.0?

RE: Make installing the sample databases optional

StrataFrame Team — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:33:40 GMT

Any time you give a new EXE to a client, you should also include the SF DLLs, even if the version did not change. Mainly because you might get MissingMethodExceptions or TypeLoaderExceptions. Always include the exact DLLs that you referenced when you built your EXE, because your EXE stores meta-data about the types and methods that it references from other DLLs. If that meta-data does not match at runtime, you get the pretty, red error window ;)

RE: Make installing the sample databases optional

Keith Chisarik — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:05:21 GMT

So I see you kept the same DLL assembly version :) which is great.

When do I need to update the DLL's on a client machine? Anytime a new EXE is compiled using 1.6.1 in development?

What if I don't use any of the new features in an update? Should i still update my DLL's?

Also how would I know that I indeed have the 1.6.1 DLL's in the GAC/app directory since they are versioned as 1.6.0 ?

Thanks

RE: Make installing the sample databases optional

Keith Chisarik — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:56:32 GMT

It looks like you have the option to do nothing with the databases in 1.6.1.

Would it be possible to update/install the Strataframe database but not install the sample databases during the install the next go around?

Thanks for considering.

RE: Make installing the sample databases optional

Trent L. Taylor — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:15:00 GMT

Already done in the next update. ;)