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FAQ549D.txt About Deploying DBClient in a Web Application
Category :DCOM/MultiTier/ActiveForm
Platform :All
Product :Delphi 3.x
Question:
I include dbclient.dll in the "additional files" section of the
web deployment options but it never downloads to the client.
How do I get the file down to the client, and once there, how does
one register the Dll?
Answer:
Your INF file should have something like this;
[Add.Code]
dbclient.dll=dbclient.dll
[dbclient.dll]
file=http://yoursite.com/dbclient.cab
clsid={9E8D2F81-591C-11D0-BF52-0020AF32BD64}
RegisterServer=yes
FileVersion=4,0,0,36
Replace "yoursite" with your HTTP address where the cab
file resides. FileVersion is the version of the file in
your CAB file (check the version information of DBCLIENT
to make sure the above matches).
Make sure FileVersion is the version of your DBCLIENT.DLL.
You can put dbclient.dll in a cab file using CABARC found
in the delphi\bin directory. A sample CABARC command
line might look like the following example.
CABARC N DBCLIENT.CAB DBCLIENT.DLL
7/16/98 4:31:28 PM
Last Modified: 01-SEP-99