Variable Data

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I don't know the best way to approach this. I sell data by state over the
internet. I have to build each sale since I never know which state(s)
someone will order. One order may be for the state of CA, the next order
may be for FL & GA etc.

I have an app that when an order comes in I can build the data, then call my
setupbuilder, enter a new name, compile/upload and then notify the purchaser
of the link. Works well, but my partner in Florida also takes orders, so he
has notify me and wait until I am available to create the new data, compile
and upload.

Can I create a setupbuilder generic install to install the program without
the data and then have it pick up the new data file(s) that have been
created and uploaded.

Any ideas appreciated. Using SB7.

Don Harvey
www.truckingregister.com

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Hi Don,

Absolutely no problem. We are doing this in some Script Consulting
projects. You have different options to handle this.

For example, create a SetupBuilder generic installer to install the program
without the data. Display a dialog that lets your customer select the
state(s) -- or provide him with a serial number that automatically gives him
access to the appropriate state(s). You upload the data file(s) in .ZIP
format to your server and, based on the selection, the installer downloads
the .ZIP file(s) from the server and unzips it during the installation
process.

Or you can build a "true" web install that downloads everything from the
server, including the selected data files for the selected state(s).

BTW, I hope you are already using the new SB7 "SKU Management" feature to
build your "unique" installations. You only need one project to handle
this, no need to create different projects to server all the different
customers. The "SKU Management Wizard" is a timesaving feature that helps
you to maintain a single project for various flavors of an application or
application suite by filtering actions based on criteria you specify in the
IDE. When building a specific release version of the project, only those
features associated with the selected compile variable(s) are included as
part of the build.

Does this help?

--
Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

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Thanks Friedrich, this helps a lot.

I have not yet tried any of the new features in SB7. Will check out SKU
Management. I have 3 unique sets, all the same application, only different
data. The first 2 are static in that they are full data downloads, the
third one is the only one where the data changes based on which states are
purchased.

Thanks for the help.

Don Harvey
www.truckingregister.com