Installation Help Needed. Urgent Please

[Sharathms]

Hi,
i have developed a database program using VB 5.0 (standard EXE) which uses
COMDLG32.OCX
COMCTL32.OCX
DAO350.DLL
and automation files for MicroSoft Excel and Visio Techincal 5.0.

My system is on Win95, with IE4.
Now i need to make an installation which i did using both Visual Basic Setup Wizard
and Installshield Express 2.11.

After i Install on a machine with Win95 with niether IE4 and nor VB installed,
i get only Splash Screen and the Main screen where i have all the controls never
appear. The program Just ends [ i can't even find it thru Ctrl+Alt+Del]
I dont get any error message niether while Installing not Running.
i tried installing "40Comupd.exe" but in Vein
Please Help me. Thanks in advance.
Sharath

[Andy Roberts]

I dont know if this will help but you could try stubing the code by placing calls to show the message box through the first part of the code. ie

Msgbox "Starting App"

Lines of code

Msgbox "Showing Splash Screen"

Then compile the code and run the exe on the Pc you are having the problems with, this way you can track down what is causing the problem.

Good Luck

Andy.

[Sharathms]

Thanks,
i did the same thing but no use. then i ported my project to VB6 and used Deployment Wizard. here is what i got from the wizard
--
You have included mdac_typ.exe in your installation package.
If you will be installing this package on a Windows 95/98 system,
it will require DCOM98 to install properly.
--
Now it is working fine. BTW why do we need DCOM98 to be istalled? and what is this "mdac_typ.exe" Any Idea?
regards,
Sharath

[Gary Grant]

mdac stands for Microsoft Data Access Components which is the install for all of Microsoft's database components (ODBC, DAO, ADO, RDO, OLEDB, etc.)
Some of these components can be used with DCOM so MDAC need DCOM.