ADO Deployment on old systems

From: Simon Millier (simon_at_synergymultimedia.com)
Date: 02/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:34:57 +0000

I need to write a application with Delphi 6 Professional that will read
an Access database from CD (application on CD too) and write a second
Access database to users individual home (mapped network) drives. The
application will be deployed to 5000 users running Windows NT4, Internet
Explorer 5 (MDAC 2.0), users are unable to install any software to their
computers.

I know this is a very old setup, but it's what I have to work with!

Although MDAC 2.0 is installed, it seems there are no database drivers
installed (I assume this is because Access is not installed). Is there
a way to read/write to Access without the driver? or to include some
form of driver in my Delphi app?

My other option is to use another database format...are there any
formats that can run directly from CD without any deployment issues? Or
any delphi components that make this possible?

Thanks very much in advance,
Simon

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