Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?

[Kam D. <kda...@lm...>]

Hi,

It's 64-bit.

Dr. D

At 12:58 PM 9/16/2010, you wrote:
>For further reference, which version of Windows 7 is being used: 
>32-bit or 64-bit?
>
>Don Murphy
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>From: Don Murphy <djs...@ya...>
>To: xml...@li...
>Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 6:33:29 PM
>Subject: Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?
>
>Dang. Oh well, I'll keep looking for more leads on potential fixes.
>
>Don Murphy
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>From: Kam Dahlquist <kda...@lm...>
>To: "xml...@li..." 
><xml...@li...>
>Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 5:41:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?
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>Hi,
>
>I went ahead and installed the package (for 32-bit, it wouldn't let 
>me install the 64-bit version because I only have 32-bit Office 
>installed).  The installation completed OK.
>
>However, when I went to export a gdb, I got the exact same error as 
>before, so this did not fix the problem, unfortunately.
>
>Best,
>Kam
>
>At 05:14 PM 9/15/2010, Don Murphy wrote:
>>- I'm not sure, but judging by the numerous similar complaints I've 
>>found, that might be the case, especially if this fixes it.
>>
>>- It should use the same Odbc-Jdbc bridge name as we thought it 
>>would use and is currently used in gmbuilder for Windows 7.
>>
>>- As I haven't used the redistributable myself, I don't have an 
>>immediate answer for driver distribution through our release. I'll 
>>look into it further.
>>
>>Dr. Dahlquist, would you mind also telling us about installing the 
>>distributable when reporting the results of the test? With any 
>>luck, it may be a very simple installation that won't be too much 
>>of an inconvenience. Sorry again that I can't test this myself.
>>
>>Don Murphy
>>
>>
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>>From: John David N. Dionisio <do...@lm...>
>>To: xml...@li...
>>Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 4:46:06 PM
>>Subject: Re: [XMLPipeDB-developer] Potential GMBuilder Windows 7 fix?
>>
>>Greetings all,
>>
>>I have some follow-up questions on this:
>>
>>- Does this mean that Microsoft no longer includes the Jet database 
>>library (or whatever they call it now) as a default part of Windows 7?
>>
>>- Under what Odbc-Jdbc bridge name would we be able to find this 
>>redistributable version of the driver?
>>
>>- I agree with Kam that, if this turns out to be the only way to 
>>go, it would be a serious inconvenience for our potential 
>>users.  Might we be able to include the .dll as part of our own 
>>distribution?  (with proper acknowledgments, of course)
>>
>>Don, please continue to investigate other possible solutions while 
>>Dr. Dahlquist gives the current one a shot.  Thanks!
>>
>>John David N. Dionisio, PhD
>>Associate Professor, Computer Science
>>Loyola Marymount University
>>
>>
>>On Sep 15, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Kam Dahlquist 
>><<mailto:kda...@lm...>kda...@lm...> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I'll give this a try tonight and see what happens.  This would be 
>>>disappointing, though since anyone who wants to use our program on 
>>>Windows 7 will need this patch.
>>>
>>>Best,
>>>Dr. D
>>>
>>>At 02:51 PM 9/15/2010, Don Murphy wrote:
>>>>I've started searching for information on what could solve the 
>>>>issues GMBuilder has been having when loading through Windows 7. 
>>>>I'm not sure if this may deal with our issue, but running the 
>>>>Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable (which can 
>>>>be found here: 
>>>><http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=C06B8369-60DD-4B64-A44B-84B371EDE16D>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=C06B8369-60DD-4B64-A44B-84B371EDE16D 
>>>>) on the Windows 7 machine before attempting another export might 
>>>>solve the problem.
>>>>
>>>>Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>>Don Murphy
>>
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