How To Select Remote Components for Client Projects w/PDW

MORE INFORMATION

When creating a distribution set using the PDW for a remote client, the PDW will assume all ActiveX components are local, meaning that they will be installed onto the same machine as the client application. The following steps describe how to specify that the ActiveX server components used in your application should be accessed through DCOM or Remote Automation.

Step-by-Step Procedures

These steps assume that you have already created client and server applications using Microsoft Visual Basic.

1. Start the Package and Deployment Wizard.
2. Select your client project, and click Package.
3. Select the default Packaging script, and click Next.
4. Select Standard Setup Package, and click Next.
5. Select the folder where your package will be assembled, and click Next.
6. The next screen lists the files that will be included with your application. A check box appears next to each file. Since the ActiveX EXE server will be remote, it should not be included with the distribution set. Deselect the check box next to your ActiveX EXE server.
7. Click Add to locate the .vbr file for your ActiveX EXE. Create a .vbr file for your ActiveX components by selecting "Remote Server Files" in the project properties. "Remote Server Files" will provide the information necessary to register the remote component on client computers.
8. Click Next.
9. On the next screen, you specify the appropriate options for your remote server components. You must specify the following options:
   

         Net Address       Specify the server name where the remote component
                           will be accessed. This is required for both DCOM
                           and Remote Automation servers. (You can leave this
                           blank--the end-user can enter this information when
                           he or she installs the client.)
   
         Connection        Specify DCOM or RA (Remote Automation).
   
         Protocol          For RA servers only. Specify the network protocol
                           to be used by the client to communicate with the RA
                           server.
   
         Authentication    For RA servers only. Specify the authentication
                           used to connect to the RA Server.
   
   						

10. Proceed through the remaining steps of the Wizard as desired.