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> I gather that the problems I'm having getting D3 to work with Access 97
> are not unique.  It seemed to work OK when I upgraded from Access 95 to
> Access 97, but it won't work on a fresh install of Access 97.  Also I
> had no luck getting an install program working with InstallShield
> Express, D3 and and Access database.
> 
> My question: does D4 work cleanly with Access97, and is it possible to
> write an installation  program (assuming Inprise still bundles an
> install tool with D4) that sets up the BDE, the aliases, and the app for
> a program that talks to Access 97?  I'm not about to shell out $$ for an
> upgrade to InstallShield, but I would consider it for Delphi.  Any
> suggestions, or should I just dump Access?

I was able to get D3 working fine with free installs of Access 97.  I
have given my tips to people using D4 and Installshield, so I suspect an
upgrade will not help you, as the version of Installshield is probably
the same.

To get installshield express to install all of the DLLs you need, you
need to run the explorer, go to the BDE directory, and drag some extra
files into Group/Files section titled BDE/IDAPI files.  The files you
need are (from memory, you may need to try more):

	bantam.dll
	idda3532.dll
	*.btl
	charset.cvb

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