I think it would be nice if ...

I think it would be nice if MSDE had an interactive installation dialog.
Just launch Setup.exe and and have it ask the questions it needs and have it
check the computer for proper settings and prerequisites.
I'm not really complaining. MSDE is awesome when you consider that it's
free. It just seems that it would save alot of people time and money if
installations and uninstalls were user-friendly and a more "bullet-proof".
If Microsoft is unwilling to do this, are there any 3rd party developers out
there willing to give it a try?
hi Burton,
"Burton Roberts" <bhroberts52@.adelphia.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> I think it would be nice if MSDE had an interactive installation dialog.
> Just launch Setup.exe and and have it ask the questions it needs and have
it
> check the computer for proper settings and prerequisites.
> I'm not really complaining. MSDE is awesome when you consider that it's
> free. It just seems that it would save alot of people time and money if
> installations and uninstalls were user-friendly and a more "bullet-proof".
> If Microsoft is unwilling to do this, are there any 3rd party developers
out
> there willing to give it a try?
>
I was considering the same thing...
please send your feedback to sqlwish@.microsoft.com
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.6.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.52.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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|||"Burton Roberts" <bhroberts52@.adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> I think it would be nice if MSDE had an interactive installation dialog.
> Just launch Setup.exe and and have it ask the questions it needs and have
it
> check the computer for proper settings and prerequisites.
> I'm not really complaining. MSDE is awesome when you consider that it's
> free. It just seems that it would save alot of people time and money if
> installations and uninstalls were user-friendly and a more "bullet-proof".
> If Microsoft is unwilling to do this, are there any 3rd party developers
out
> there willing to give it a try?
Why not do what we have done and write a front end that simply allows you to
sepcify the various command params for the msde installer and then runs it
passing them on? You still get the command prompt window appear. But the
setting of the options is a whole load easier.

>
|||Hey Tim do you have a sample of that ?
Paul
"Tim Bird" <tsbdoulos@.nospambtopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> "Burton Roberts" <bhroberts52@.adelphia.net> wrote in message
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have
> it
"bullet-proof".
> out
> Why not do what we have done and write a front end that simply allows you
to
> sepcify the various command params for the msde installer and then runs it
> passing them on? You still get the command prompt window appear. But the
> setting of the options is a whole load easier.
>
>
|||"Paul McTeigue" <paul_mcteigue@.msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hey Tim do you have a sample of that ?
It is fairly easy. Though the app is for the company I work for so I am not
allowed to post code, etc freely available. But the principle is easy.
Design an app in your development tool of choice (not VB - get a proper
one). Create forms that will allow the parameter selection. Instance name,
sa password, all that jazz. And then pass them out when you run the setup
file using WinExec or something similar.
I may (girlfriend allowing) have some time this weekend to produce something
if you want an app that does all the stull. Simply reply here with the
options you wish to alter and I will create a sample app for you. I can do
it in Delphi or C# - whichever floats your boat. And I'll post the source.
If it is good enough and people have any ideas for it. I may put a little
more work in (facility to run an sql script/scripts, stuff like that) so
that others can use it.
Not a promise - my girlfriend hates it when I spend too much time mucking
about on the PC at weekends - but I will give it a go.
> Paul
>
> "Tim Bird" <tsbdoulos@.nospambtopenworld.com> wrote in message
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dialog.
> have
it's
if
> "bullet-proof".
developers
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> to
it
>
|||"Tim Bird" <tsbdoulos@.nospambtopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul McTeigue" <paul_mcteigue@.msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23LAaxfrEEHA.2076@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> It is fairly easy. Though the app is for the company I work for so I am
not
> allowed to post code, etc freely available. But the principle is easy.
> Design an app in your development tool of choice (not VB - get a proper
> one). Create forms that will allow the parameter selection. Instance name,
> sa password, all that jazz. And then pass them out when you run the setup
> file using WinExec or something similar.
> I may (girlfriend allowing) have some time this weekend to produce
something
> if you want an app that does all the stull. Simply reply here with the
> options you wish to alter and I will create a sample app for you. I can do
> it in Delphi or C# - whichever floats your boat. And I'll post the source.
> If it is good enough and people have any ideas for it. I may put a little
> more work in (facility to run an sql script/scripts, stuff like that) so
> that others can use it.
> Not a promise - my girlfriend hates it when I spend too much time mucking
> about on the PC at weekends - but I will give it a go.
Sorry. Didn't get to do anything. My father had a motorcycle accident at the
weekend and seeing him ate up all my time.
> dialog.
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