Re: Adding non vb files to project

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From: Roy Soltoff (royUNDO_at_CLEANmedicomp.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:10:27 -0400

If your files are relatively static (or not), use the Cab Builder utility to
build a cabinet of the files you want to distribute with your app. Then add
the resulting cab file to your setup. A cab file is a compressed file set.
The utility is part of the PDW wizard (makecab.exe). You should be able to
find a document covering it - search the MS site.

You can then automate the extract.exe utility with a custom setup to deal
with the extraction part when your package is installed.

"Aaron" <ABieberitz@charter.net> wrote in message
news:10m4g1esigbf4d2@corp.supernews.com...
> Due to the custom nature of install, I created my own setup program just
> like installshied and everything works great, I just would rather not have
> to ship a CD with about 14 folders and different files in each one, thus
my
> request for info as to how to bundle files in my project. The ultimate
> thing is for me to include files AND folders with certain files in
different
> folders, that way, based on how my install works, I could access the files
> in specific folders directly through code, yet I could just have a single
> .exe setup file and the user would never be able to see all the files and
> folders.
>
> "Gaurav - http://www.gauravcreations.com" <gauravcreations@hotmail.com>
> wrote in message
news:58CA3905-B843-4AF1-9034-46FE4EDDFC3C@microsoft.com...
> > u want to create your own setup program like installshield.. or do you
> want
> > to create a single setup file for your project
> >
> > --
> > Gaurav Creations
> > "Aaron" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm using Visual Basic 6.0 and want to know if it's at all possible to
> add
> > > non visual basic related files to a project, or if a component exists
> that
> > > will allow this. Here's what I'm trying to achieve: I want to make
an
> > > installation application that has about 90 files compressed all into
one
> > > ..exe just like InstallShield can do. I'm guessing this is not even
> > > possible, but if it is, can someone point me in the right direction,
> then
> > > I'll ask more questions later as this would not be my only question if
> > > something like this is possible.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>

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