MS Vista Question #1

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I'm testing SB7 in eval mode

Updating my app on Vista machines is always an adventure -

I'm testing iDeploy - does anyone have a Clarion code snippet that's tested
with Vista?

Thanks;

Ed Schneider

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Ed,

A snippet really won't do you much good.

You need to be sure your app only writes to appropriate areas of the disk
and registry, and that it has a manifest and is code-signed.

SetupBuilder can help with the last two items, but your design needs to be
aware of the where-you-can-write stuff.

I'd suggest you download the example files from
http://www.setupbuilder.com/downloads_licensed.htm
(You don't need to be licensed for that).
The help file that includes has some topics on code-signing and manifests
and some explanation of the challenges of Vista (and Windows 7).

A couple of peoples' blogs also speak to these issues:

http://profileexchanges.com/blog/?p=120

http://www.icetips.com/blog/index.php?s=vista


HTH

Jane

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> Ed,
>
> A snippet really won't do you much good.
>
> You need to be sure your app only writes to appropriate areas of the disk
> and registry, and that it has a manifest and is code-signed.
>
> SetupBuilder can help with the last two items, but your design needs to be
> aware of the where-you-can-write stuff.
>
> I'd suggest you download the example files from
> http://www.setupbuilder.com/downloads_licensed.htm
> (You don't need to be licensed for that).
> The help file that includes has some topics on code-signing and manifests
> and some explanation of the challenges of Vista (and Windows 7).
>
> A couple of peoples' blogs also speak to these issues:
>
> http://profileexchanges.com/blog/?p=120

Jane,

Thanks for the mention.

Ed,

Also, Friedrich Linder also posted this excellent summary list as well.

UAC - Application And Install Rules, MFG - Lindersoft

http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21593&highlight=include+manifest+Windows

Also, a suggestion:

IF you are using Clarion 6, 7 ABC - you might consider this Clarion Third
Party product to: "your app only writes to appropriate areas of the disk
and registry" as Jane pointed out.

Product Description - ProPath, MFG - LANSRAD
Internet Link - http://www.clarionproseries.com/html/propath.html

David

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