Install program and policies.

[Guest mik]

Hi,

 

I have the following problem. I develop a library and I deploy this

library with installshield. Users (colleagues) install it on their

computers. Until yesterday, all ran perfectly. Now the policies have

been changed, and the user cannot install anything on his computer.

 

It's possible to change the policy to allow to install only a specific

package?

 

thank you,

mirko

[Guest Dobromir Todorov]

Not for a single package. However, a specific package can be deployed by the

administrators on specific desktops, without or with little user

intervention. One example are group policies, that allow software to be

assigned to users. This requires your Install Shield package to be

re-packaged into an MSI file. The software may be installed either the next

time they login, or when they try to open a document that is associated by

extension with your software package. Alternatively, SMS/Systems Centre can

be used to deploy software.

 

Alternatively, if what you are deploying is just one library (I assume - a

DLL?), then you can create a custom install script that copies the library

from a central location into a folder that the user has access to (such as

their home folder - not a best practice though). The custom install script

then needs to modify the PATH environment variable for the user and amend it

witht he path for the DLL. By default, DLLs will be looked for in a number

of locations, including the paths in the PATH environment variable. More

details can be found here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682586.aspx

 

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Dobromir

 

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"mik" <mirko.cambi@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:4c167793-2070-4f7a-bd53-9628f75d7c12@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com...<span style="color:blue">

> Hi,

>

> I have the following problem. I develop a library and I deploy this

> library with installshield. Users (colleagues) install it on their

> computers. Until yesterday, all ran perfectly. Now the policies have

> been changed, and the user cannot install anything on his computer.

>

> It's possible to change the policy to allow to install only a specific

> package?

>

> thank you,

> mirko </span>