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From: BNSGuy on 7 Apr 2010 23:44
I need to be able to create a small HTA capable of running on Win 7x64
as well as WinPE3. I would have preferred to use the MS text driver
and store the data in an simple CSV, but that is no longer included
within the MDAC, and is not available in Windows 7 x64.

There is no guarantee of administrative permissions on target
machines.

I'm looking at using SQLitePlus (com wrapper for SQLite) and wondered
if anyone has used it, or has an alternative that may be able to be
used.
From: Mayayana on 8 Apr 2010 00:38
I don't know if this is the right thing for your
needs, but you can actually use Windows
Installer. See here:

http://www.jsware.net/jsware/msicode.php5

There are two samples of custom databases --
the zip code finder and the code library. There's
also a VBS class and a fullblown COM library
for easy access to MSIs.

An MSI is a storage file with an API that mimics
a simple subset of SQL. Microsoft uses MSIs with
specific tables, for installing software. But within
certain limits an MSI can be used for anything.

As for admin permission issues, I'm not sure
about how HTAs or MSIs fit into that. You wouldn't
have to install anything if you use an HTA frontend
to an MSI, but restrictions like writing to files or
writing to HKLM would be the same no matter what
process tries to do it.

|I need to be able to create a small HTA capable of running on Win 7x64
| as well as WinPE3. I would have preferred to use the MS text driver
| and store the data in an simple CSV, but that is no longer included
| within the MDAC, and is not available in Windows 7 x64.
|
| There is no guarantee of administrative permissions on target
| machines.
|
| I'm looking at using SQLitePlus (com wrapper for SQLite) and wondered
| if anyone has used it, or has an alternative that may be able to be
| used.


From: BNSGuy on 25 Apr 2010 23:06
On Apr 8, 12:38 am, "Mayayana" <mayay...(a)invalid.nospam> wrote:
>  I don't know if this is the right thing for your
> needs, but you can actually use Windows
> Installer. See here:
>
> http://www.jsware.net/jsware/msicode.php5
>
>   There are two samples of custom databases --
> the zip code finder and the code library. There's
> also a VBS class and a fullblown COM library
> for easy access to MSIs.
>
>   An MSI is a storage file with an API that mimics
> a simple subset of SQL. Microsoft uses MSIs with
> specific tables, for installing software. But within
> certain limits an MSI can be used for anything.
>
>   As for admin permission issues, I'm not sure
> about how HTAs or MSIs fit into that. You wouldn't
> have to install anything if you use an HTA frontend
> to an MSI, but restrictions like writing to files or
> writing to HKLM would be the same no matter what
> process tries to do it.
>
> |I need to be able to create a small HTA capable of running on Win 7x64
> | as well as WinPE3.  I would have preferred to use the MS text driver
> | and store the data in an simple CSV,  but that is no longer included
> | within the MDAC, and is not available in Windows 7 x64.
> |
> | There is no guarantee of administrative permissions on target
> | machines.
> |
> | I'm looking at using SQLitePlus (com wrapper for SQLite) and wondered
> | if anyone has used it, or has an alternative that may be able to be
> | used.

What about using something like MySql/MySQL-lite? does anyone know of
a 'true' dbengine that can be used without a traditional install by
simply registering a DLL, and if so, one that can run within a PE
environment?
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