Distributing new data files

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Sandy H - 14 Jan 2006 05:34 GMT

Hi
I am new to deploying VB 6 applications and wonder if someone could answer
this question. I have a small database that accesses about 2000 member
records from an excel spreadsheet. I would like to package and deploy the
database on a cd but have the data file sitting outside the set up file.
This is because I need to update the datafile each time I send the cd out
and the database itself won't need to change. Is it possible to do this?

Thanks in advance
Sandy

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MikeD - 15 Jan 2006 04:17 GMT

> Hi
> I am new to deploying VB 6 applications and wonder if someone could answer
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> This is because I need to update the datafile each time I send the cd out
> and the database itself won't need to change. Is it possible to do this?

So, what are you saying? I don't understand what problem you're having. The
"database" and the "excel spreadsheet" are separate? So, the excel
spreadsheet is this "data file"?

So just don't include the data file in your setup package. However, when
you burn the CD, additionally burn the data file to it.

Perhaps you can elaborate a little more? Maybe explaining things a tad
better?

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Distributing new data files