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hello all,

i have just finished making my app, now i want to make an installer that will ask the user for certain things, like where their default scan folder is or what they want something to be called? would i have to set up an installer class to be able to do this?

thanks
Mar 4 '08 #1
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hello all,

i have just finished making my app, now i want to make an installer that will ask the user for certain things, like where their default scan folder is or what they want something to be called? would i have to set up an installer class to be able to do this?

thanks
Visual Basic.net has installer classes. Are you working in .NET?
If not, you should download Visual Studio Installer which is a Visual Studio project that lets select your .VBP and it will add the required components to the installation. Nothing more to do
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


For more complex (custom) installation, and if you dont have gobs of money to buy InstallShield, download Microsoft Orca which gives you access to the .MSI file database. This is the blood/guts of your install and where you can modify variables for what you need.
http://www.technipages.com/download-...si-editor.html
Mar 4 '08 #2

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