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Apr 11, 2009
01:21 PM
Prevent installation of MDAC 2.8 on Vista?
Hello. I'm a relatively new user of InstallShield.
MDAC 2.8 doesn't seem to be compatible with Vista so I'm trying to prevent the redistributable from being installed. I do want it to be installed on XP, however.
Is there a way to do this? I can't find any settings for conditions in the Redistributables tab of InstallShield 2008 and I haven't had any luck searching through InstallShield help or these forums.
MDAC 2.8 doesn't seem to be compatible with Vista so I'm trying to prevent the redistributable from being installed. I do want it to be installed on XP, however.
Is there a way to do this? I can't find any settings for conditions in the Redistributables tab of InstallShield 2008 and I haven't had any luck searching through InstallShield help or these forums.
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Apr 16, 2009
12:20 PM
If using Installscript there's a good thread here that shows how to determine the version of MDAC installed. You just need to ensure the MDAC redistributable is under it's own feature that can be disabled using FeatureSetData if MDAC shouldn't be installed:
http://community.acresso.com/showthread.php?t=139074
If using Windows Installer there's some details here how to use a condition on a feature to prevent installation:
http://community.acresso.com/showthread.php?t=161601
Alternatively download and use a setup pre-requisite for MDAC (on the Redistributables tab) which should handle this correctly.
http://community.acresso.com/showthread.php?t=139074
If using Windows Installer there's some details here how to use a condition on a feature to prevent installation:
http://community.acresso.com/showthread.php?t=161601
Alternatively download and use a setup pre-requisite for MDAC (on the Redistributables tab) which should handle this correctly.