Creating Upgrade Kits That Check DLL File Versions

Sometimes you might need to upgrade third-party software based upon the version of a particular DLL file. An example would be an ODBC upgrade on a client, based upon the version of the file odbcint.dll.

The following procedure describes how to create a custom component and an upgrade kit that check the version of a particular DLL file.

To create an upgrade component and upgrade kit for DLL version check 

1. Navigate to the Administration - Siebel Anywhere screen, then the Upgrade Component List view.

   The Upgrade Components list appears

2. Create an upgrade component and specify the field values shown in the following table.

   Field Name	Value
   Name	upgrade_component_name
   Component Type	Third Party Software
   Locate Method	Registry
   Locate Information	hkey,subkey_name,value_name
   Version method	FileVersion

   
   

   In this table, the value for Locate Information points to the registry hkey, subkey and a specific value that points to the DLL file that you want to version check. For example:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\ODBCFileDSN\DefaultIcon,Driver

   If the registry value is DefaultIcon, then the value_name must be omitted. This value in the registry will then point to the specific DLL file. For example:

   C:\WINNT\System32\odbcint.dll

3. After creating the custom component, as described in the previous steps of this procedure, define the upgrade kit as described in Chapter 4, "Defining Upgrade Kits."

   When defining the upgrade kit, remember to select the name of the custom upgrade component (created above) when the Upgrade Kit Wizard page appears.