Thread: Dependency Module: MDAC 2.8

Dependency Module: MDAC 2.8
Last Revision: September 22, 2004 (002)

Overview
Use the MDAC 2.8 dependency module with Setup Factory 7.0 to detect and install Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.8. The core components of MDAC are ADO, OLE DB, and ODBC.

Background Information
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) is a set of software components that are used to provide applications a means to access data from various data storage sources, with a focus on access to Microsoft SQL Server. A large number of applications, and the operating system itself, depend on MDAC-contained components for proper operation. MDAC is not a single product; rather, it is a collection of DLLs and associated component resources to support a number of different APIs, including Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), OLE DB, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and Microsoft Remote Data Service (RDS). MDAC installation not only places a large number of common shared files in various places across the Microsoft Windows system drive, MDAC is also responsible for adding many keys to the registry.

Installation Instructions
To make the MDAC 2.8 dependency module available in your Setup Factory 7.0 projects, follow the steps below:

1. Close Setup Factory 7.0, if it is running.
2. Browse to the folder where Setup Factory 7.0 is installed on your system. By default it is C:\Program Files\Setup Factory 7.0.
3. Open the folder called Dependencies.
4. Unzip the contents of mdac28.zip (see bottom of article) into the dependencies folder.
5. Create a subfolder of Dependencies and name it mdac28.
6. Download the MDAC 2.8 installation file (MDAC_TYP.EXE) into the mdac28 subfolder.
7. Restart Setup Factory 7.0.

To use your new dependency module, select Resources > Dependencies from the main menu and click the Add button. MDAC 2.8 should now be visible in the list of available modules.

Information Links

• Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 828396: Release Manifest for MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3)
• MSDN Article: Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) Installation
  
• MSDN Downloads: SQL Server, MDAC, Access, Jet
  
• MSDN: Data Access and Storage Developer Center

Module Name: Microsoft MDAC 2.8
Type: Setup Factory 7.0 Dependency Module
Created By: Indigo Rose Software (8/30/2004)
Last Revision: September 22, 2004 (002)