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busboy10 - 03 Jun 2008 16:07 GMT

Hi All,

I have a few .dll and another setup.exe that i want to deploy. I want
to write my own installer, that is in a self contained vb6 exe. So I
want to ship a install.exe and a cab file with all the other files and
I want this to happen.

1. Click Install.exe
2. Have it launch -> setup.exe (3rd party software, that is needed)
3. Return control to install.exe and then register some dlls
4. Finish

I think i can do this with just 1 cab file and some win API, but i
wonder how vb6 handles open a different program (the setup.exe)

Any thoughts or links to similar projects?

Thanks,
Andrew

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Jan Hyde (VB MVP) - 03 Jun 2008 16:51 GMT

busboy10 <andrew.varley@gmail.com>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:07:18 -0700 (PDT) bearing the
following fruit:

>Hi All,
>
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>I think i can do this with just 1 cab file and some win API, but i
>wonder how vb6 handles open a different program (the setup.exe)

Look at the code for the P&DW, it does it for MDAC.

>Any thoughts or links to similar projects?

Use InnoSetup, much easier and quicker than writting your
own.

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Jan Hyde

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

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busboy10 - 03 Jun 2008 21:35 GMT

On Jun 3, 11:51 am, "Jan Hyde (VB MVP)"
<StellaDrin...@REMOVE.ME.uboot.com> wrote:

> busboy10 <andrew.var...@gmail.com>'s wild thoughts were
> released on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:07:18 -0700 (PDT) bearing the
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

Thanks for the suggestion. I am using it now. Before I dive to far
in myself, do you know to get Inno to run a inf file. The setup.exe
file really just registers a driver, which is what I need it to do.
Anyway to do that?

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Jan Hyde (VB MVP) - 04 Jun 2008 09:06 GMT

busboy10 <andrew.varley@gmail.com>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:35:50 -0700 (PDT) bearing the
following fruit:

>On Jun 3, 11:51 am, "Jan Hyde (VB MVP)"
><StellaDrin...@REMOVE.ME.uboot.com> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
>file really just registers a driver, which is what I need it to do.
>Anyway to do that?

Doesn't it usually work the other way round, the inf file
runs first then the setup program?

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Jan Hyde

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

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Creating my own Installer