
The MSDE redistributable is available from the Microsoft web site under this URL: Obtain the MSDE redistributable from Microsoft

Install your own application from a Windows Installer package.Run the MSDE installer during installation.Add the MSDE files to your InstallMate project.Obtain the MSDE redistributable from Microsoft.

To install MSDE 2000 from an InstallMate (i.e., non-Windows Installer) package involves the following steps: The first alternative is not really a solution if MSDE is not already present, so we will concentrate on the second approach. This requires another program that wraps these two installers (MSDE and your own).


It uses a sample InstallMate project that can be downloaded from the Tarma web site: The current article explains how to do this. MSDE 2000 (Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine) can be installed as part of your overall installation. It has not been updated for InstallMate 9 yet. This help topic refers to a previous version of InstallMate.
