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what that means to me is that I don't have a clue as to the meaning of words "addon," "switchless installer," "slip-in integrator" or whatever.
I'm using windows 2000sp4 to biuld an nLite iso to install windows 2000sp4. I'd like to {switchles? install? addon? slip-in?} DirectX9c (directx_9c_redist.exe, 2004, 35,113,704bytes) so that it's integrated. The redistributable package does not have a /integrate switch.
Using the nLite page titled "Hotfixes, Add-ons and Update Packs" I'd like to "insert" a file thingie ... whatever it's proper name is called {switchles? install? addon? slip-in?} that will integrate DirectX9c into the new source and iso that nLite will build.
This would mean that DirectX9c would probably be a cab file to be added with other "Program Addons" by Rado from winaddons.
DXCB - DirectX file Collector and addon Builder, by bhplpt at Ryans might have the ability to build one, but I don't know what to ask for or use. I want to click the insert tab on nLite page titled "Hotfixes, ..." and put the DirectX whatever file in there.
DXCB gives me choices of
--Managed Code (collected or uncollected) -- do I want that? -- what is managed code?
--AddOn ... to some people Addon means silent installs of applications that are run in by a batch file that started from RunOnceGUI, to others, addon means a file that nLite wants in with hotfixes (which are really not hotfixes, since MS hotfixes are by request.)
--keep extra standalone Managed Code AddOn/Switchless (do I want that)
--do I create an uninstaller (I don't want an uninstaller for every little hotfix and option ... I'd rebuild instead
--do I create a switchless installer (is that something that is run by batch on a fully installed system, or is that something that you read into nlite like a hotfix?)
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It's kind of moot because the program doesn't run on my 2000 machine anyway.
When I expand the .7z archive and put a redistributable Dx9 (directx_feb2010_redist.exe, 109,092,752 bytes, or, directx_9c_redist.exe, 35,113,704 bytes) with DXCB and the [.setup] directory, and run
DXCB -c -u -g -m -t 2000
I get the messages:
The file "e:\DXrt32\DXrt.inf" is required and was not found
"e:\DXrt32\xxx.dll" files are required and were not found
The file "e:\DXrt64\DXrt.inf" is required and was not found
"e:\DXrt64\xxx.dll" files are required and were not found
Fatal Error while preparing to build AddOn.
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I'm building with an older computer, a P3-733 with 512m memory, so I have to build, burn, open case, swap hdds, etc., and for each failure, I need to swap hdds back, and etc. So, it's not like I can run tests using a virtual desktop. So, I'd like something really stupid simple and reliable, that I can insert with nLite hotfixes for 2000, running 2000.
Is it possible. Some of the "addons" at Ryans are 4 and 5 meg, they explicitly for XP only (I'm using 2000) and I'm suspicious they are addons to addons to an addon ... one addon says it contains only 4 new files since the prior addon, so the 109 meg DX9 gaming feb 2010 is reduced down to 4 or 6 meg so I suspect I don't understand the lingo.
This post has been edited by Molecule: 24 July 2011 - 03:16 PM
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), did you try it? Ultimately, this seems best posted at their forums.
