AddOn installer

Hello,
I am trying to create an installer for my add-on. I've seen the B1DE Professional Installer and I belive I can use it what it has generated and modify it according to my needs. But, I need to create some tables, user defined tables and user defined fields in the database that is requiesting the install. Do I do that in the Install method and how (I know how to create tables and userdefined tables, I just don't know how can you find out in which database)?
Thank you,
Irina

Hi Irina,
I think the usual method is to build this functionality in to the add-on itself rather than the installer. If you built it in to the installer, it would be difficult to install the add-on on a site with multiple companies and particularly on a site where a new company is created after the add-on was installed.
There are probably a few ways to do this but here's the way I see implemented most often in third-party and SAP add-ons:
1) You install the add-on as normal (ie using the standard ard and exe files in Add-on Administration)
2) When you start the add-on, the add-on will perform a check to see if all the required UDFs and UDTs exist in the current company.
3) If fields are missing, automatically create them. Personally I'd prefer the add-on to prompt me before this action takes place (but most add-ons just go ahead and create the fields without prompting )
4) Once all UDFs and UDTs have been created, the add-on works as normal.
The add-on perfoms the check every time it is started but, after the first time, all objects are found so this step is skipped.
Kind Regards,
Owen

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i am still a rooky in sbo and SAp in general.
i am creating the addon:blanket agreement that i find in the SDK help center
well the module blanket is running correctly.
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'the addon intallation script
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