Frequently Asked Questions

About Deploying DBClient in a Web Application

Question:

I include dbclient.dll in the "additional files" section of the

web deployment options but it never downloads to the client.

How do I get the file down to the client, and once there, how does

one register the Dll?

Answer:

Your INF file should have something like this;



[Add.Code]

dbclient.dll=dbclient.dll



[dbclient.dll]

file=http://yoursite.com/dbclient.cab

clsid={9E8D2F81-591C-11D0-BF52-0020AF32BD64}

RegisterServer=yes

FileVersion=4,0,0,36



Replace "yoursite" with your HTTP address where the cab

file resides.  FileVersion is the version of the file in

your CAB file (check the version information of DBCLIENT

to make sure the above matches).



Make sure FileVersion is the version of your DBCLIENT.DLL.

You can put dbclient.dll in a cab file using CABARC found

in the delphi\bin directory.  A sample CABARC command

line might look like the following example.



CABARC N DBCLIENT.CAB DBCLIENT.DLL