Re: Determining whether Oracle8 Client is installed

Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3D8A38CC.7841C754_at_exesolutions.com>...
> SJ wrote:
>
> > Hi. I am writing an InstallShield, and in it I need to determine
> > whether Oracle8 Client is installed on Windows2000 machines. Is there
> > a certain DLL I can check the version of, or is there no easy way to
> > tell? Thanks for any help.
>
> Look for the registry keys at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE.
>
> But this is about as useful, I would think, as is reinventing fire and
> likely a violation of Oracle's software licensing agreement. What can you
> possibly do to install the Oracle Client that isn't already done by the
> Oracle CD other than make a mess?
>
> Daniel Morgan

Thanks, but looking at those registry keys doesn't really tell me whether *Oracle 8* Client is installed, as opposed to some other version.

To answer your question, I am checking company machines (with an InstallShield) to see whether Oracle 8 Client is installed, and if not, then the InstallShield will launch the Oracle Setup.exe from a network location. It's that simple. Received on Fri Sep 20 2002 - 01:03:30 CDT