ACCESS RUNTIME - ORCA EDITOR

[leslie746]

Dear All,

I want to install the Access Runtime along with my application (say MyProg) using the directory tree:
Program Files\MyProg\Access_RT where "MyProg" is my application and "Access_RT" contains the Access runtime.

When I try to edit Accessrt.msi using Orca, I seem to be lost in Orca Tables and Directories entries which I am trying to amend.

After I change INSTALLLOCATION to point at the above path, runtime installation starts with default path: "<Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office" and ignores the defined Installlocation.

What in this particular case should be amended and what is the proper syntax for INSTALLLOCATION (DirectoryParent and DefaultDir)?

Also, I would like to be able to skip the dialog box (offering the choice of destination)and instead to go to silent installation into a predefined destination.

I am at complete loss when I see entries like TARGETDIR, SOURCEDIR. Which of them, or any other entries should be amended?

Early assistance would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[TheQuestioner]

I gave up using Orca, Visual Studio Installer and Install Shield. They required too much work just to get a simple [highlight][tt]"<Access runtime path>" "<my MDE path>" /WRKGRP "<my MDW path>" /runtime[/tt][/highlight] shortcut for my installers.

I couldn't get any of them to do it in the end, so I moved over to Inno Installer, which is slightly simplier, but much easier to use (yet still powerful enough to the job), and free.