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Interactive redistribution using your custom DVD


To redistribute the MIL or MIL-Lite DLLs and device drivers, you can have your application's setup program call MIL or MIL-Lite's redistribution setup program using the interactive redistribution mechanism. In this case, your customer will be prompted for information during the setup. There are two ways to implement this mechanism.

Using the default MIL redistribution DVD

To redistribute the DLLs and device drivers and use the default installation options, do as follows:

  1. Copy the contents of the MIL or MIL-Lite DVD to your installation directory.

  2. Have your installation program call the MIL setup executable file, located in your installation directory. The setup program will prompt your customer to choose which features to install. Your customer should only select the MIL runtime option. The MIL runtime option installs the required MIL or MIL-Lite DLL files and device drivers on your client's computer.

Building a MIL redistribution DVD with limited content

To limit the MIL or MIL-Lite DVD content to include in your installation directory and restrict the installation options, use the Redist.exe program. To use this program, perform the following:

  1. Launch the Redist.exe program located in the Redist directory of your MIL or MIL-Lite DVD. The Matrox Imaging Library Redistribution dialog box is presented.

  2. Specify the location of the original setup executable file used to install MIL. To do so, click on the Browse button next to the Original MILxxSetup.exe file edit field. From the presented Open dialog box, select the MILxxSetup.exe file located in the root of your MIL or MIL-Lite DVD, and then click on the Open button.

  3. Specify the location of the directory in which to output the generated installation. To do so, click on the Browse button next to the Output Directory edit field. From the presented Browse For Folder dialog box, select your output directory, and then click on the OK button.

  4. Select the packages (for example, DMIL and/or Intellicam), the MIL systems, and other services (for example, DirectX display support or Memory and PCI services) that you want to make available to your customer during installation. Select the options that best fit your situation.

  5. Click on the Generate Installation button to begin creating the disk image of the limited installation version of MIL or MIL-Lite into your output directory.

  6. Have your installation program call the MILxxSetup.exe file located in the root of the disk image generated with Redist.exe. The MILxxSetup.exe program will prompt your customer to choose which features to install from the features that you have made available.