P&D wizard: subfolders, include, how?

[Kris]

Question: How do you create an Installer program using the Package
and Deployment Wizard provided by Visual Studio Pro 6.0 (SP5) to
include subfolders and their contents. I understand how to include
each file, individually, but I would like to have the program install
them into their appropriate folders.

More Information: I have a small VB app (VB6 Pro, SP5 on Win NT4) for
which I would like to create a Standard Setup Package distributable on
a CD to PCs (Win98, NT, 2K, XP). Along with the .exe file, there are
two folders, one containing textfiles and the other containing icons.
If possible, using the Package and Deployment Wizard, I would like to
install the folders and their contents in tact in the same directory
as the executable.

C:\Program Files\My Program\MyPrg.exe
C:\Program Files\My Program\Folder_Icons (contains 5 files -
..ico,.jpg,.gif)
C:\Program Files\My Program\Folder_Textfiles (contains 132 .txt
files)

I did a search of comp.lang.visual.basic using the argument "package
and deployment, subfolders" and came up with two older threads. One
was rather vague and the other recommended editing the setup program
which I'm not quite comfortable with.

Cheers,

~Kris

[Steve Gerrard]

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Question: How do you create an Installer program using the Package
and Deployment Wizard provided by Visual Studio Pro 6.0 (SP5) to
include subfolders and their contents. I understand how to include
each file, individually, but I would like to have the program install
them into their appropriate folders.

C:\Program Files\My Program\MyPrg.exe
C:\Program Files\My Program\Folder_Icons (contains 5 files -
.ico,.jpg,.gif)
C:\Program Files\My Program\Folder_Textfiles (contains 132 .txt
files)

You will still need to add each file to the installation, at the point
in the Wizard that allows you to add files. Then, several steps later,
you will seen a list of all the files in the setup, with their source
and their destination. The files you have added will all have a
destination of $(AppPath). At this step, you can modify each
destination, so it reads $(AppPath)\Folder_Icons, or
$(AppPath)\Folder_Textfiles. (Even though it is a drop down list, you
can also type in the field). When the setup is run by the user, the
necessary folders will be created.