More on the XP issue

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Hi

 

My application in Omnis 7 is installed on end user machines using an

installer made by "PC Install", which works great, though now a defunct

company.

 

On 95/98 my line written to the win.ini file seems to connect the library

and Omnis just fine.

 

On XP however, the user is prompted to select the exe to run Goravani.lbr,

my library. This is a tech support annoyance as my users are not savvy.

 

I think I have to use the PC Install feature of writing to the Registry, and

I have an idea of the values, but I don't really know what I'm doing. PC

Install's registry feature has fields that I don't understand.

 

I know the registry values are like:

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.LBR

value

OMNIS 7 V7.Library

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.BR\shell\open\command

value

Omnis7.exe %1LBR

 

Are these both necessary?

 

Then, in PC Install, how would I enter these if the window for creating the

entries in PC Install contains these fields:

 

Key (a long text field)

Action () (can be new, delete, query for existence)

 

Then you can add values but it says "data type" and "Value name" and "Data

value"

 

I think Data Value is where like

 

Omnis7.exe %1LBR

 

Would go, but would the whole string

 

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.BR\shell\open\command

 

Go in the Key-Name field?

 

 

Any help appreciated.

 

I don't have an XP machine, for various reasons of outdaing other programs

I rely on, and having an older PC which will be real slow with XP, and

lacking the funds to be all updated and so on.

 

This is all in an effort to avoid getting tech support calls from users who

are wondering what to do with the XP dialog that says it cannot find the

application to open the library (which does not happen with the same

installer on Win 98 for example)

 

Thanks

 

 

(Das Goravani)