QUESTION
The DISTRIB.WRI file which has always shipped with ToolBook is missing from ToolBook 9.0, why?
DETAILS
The DISTRIB.WRI file, in the past, has contained a list of what files make up the ToolBook Runtime engine. This was useful for those who didn’t want to use the ToolBook AutoPackager to create an installation package for their ToolBook Native application and would prefer to use a third party installer.
This was removed from ToolBook 9 because to install ToolBook properly onto an end-user machine, more needs to be done than simply installing some files. There are registry entries to create, and INI files to update, and only ToolBook would know how to do all of this correctly. As such the DISTRIB.WRI was removed and it is recommended that you use the Neuron.exe installer if you want to install ToolBook’s runtime engine to an end user.
Please see:
Where can I find the correct version of Neuron for my version of ToolBook?
kb.sumtotalsystems.com/community_kb_tb_display.asp?id=Q101571386924257
Installing Neuron in Silent Mode:
kb.sumtotalsystems.com/community_kb_tb_display.asp?id=Q101571406424802
SOLUTIONS
This article will serve the same purpose of the DISTRIB.WRI file in that all of the files that make up the ToolBook Runtime Engine (as installed by Neuron.exe) are listed below:
- tb90actr.sbk
- TB90ACX.dll
- tb90aicc.sbk
- tb90anm.sbk
- TB90BAS.DLL
- TB90BMP.DLL
- TB90CBT.DLL
- TB90CMP.DLL
- TB90DLG.DLL
- TB90ENU1.DLL
- TB90ENU2.DLL
- TB90F32L.DLL
- TB90FLT.DLL
- tb90ftp.sbk
- tb90hyp.sbk
- TB90JPG.DLL
- TB90LNL.DLL
- TB90MM.DLL
- TB90NET.DLL
- TB90OLE.DLL
- tb90r.sbk
- TB90RCA.DLL
- TB90RCR.DLL
- TB90REG.DLL
- TB90RTM.DLL
- TB90RUN.EXE
- TB90UTL.DLL
- TB90WIN.DLL
- TBCOM.DLL
- TBINET32.DLL
- tbload.exe
- TBUTIL32.dll
- winftp32.dll
In addition, you can download a folder full of these specific files from:
ftp://ftp.sumtotalsystems.com/pub/tb2/common/90/tb90distrib.zip
