Regarding Installation program
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Hai Iam interested in writing my own installation program to setup the files.What are concepts and procedures you have to follow .Any help would be appericiated
Depends on wether you are going to write a general install program or a specific install program just for your application. I'll guess it's the first one you are talking about. 1. It has to be easy to use. 2. Things it needs to do: 2.1. Copy files to a target directory 2.2. Compress files to reduce install size, uncompress them again while installing. 2.3. Ability to make subdirectories and copy files in there 2.4. Make it easy to copy files to certain specific windows directories like system32 or fonts. 2.5. Place (if wanted) icons on desktop. 2.6. Make an entry in start menu 2.7. Possibility to add a certain document type to the system 2.8. Registry control 2.9. Cool looking customizable install screens (different types of setup, license agreement , ... ) 2.9. Properly uninstall (=undo all previous steps) That's about all i can think off. You might want to take a look at this freeware installer that i frequently use, Inno Setup, http://www.jrsoftware.org/
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Depends on wether you are going to write a general install program or a specific install program just for your application. I'll guess it's the first one you are talking about. 1. It has to be easy to use. 2. Things it needs to do: 2.1. Copy files to a target directory 2.2. Compress files to reduce install size, uncompress them again while installing. 2.3. Ability to make subdirectories and copy files in there 2.4. Make it easy to copy files to certain specific windows directories like system32 or fonts. 2.5. Place (if wanted) icons on desktop. 2.6. Make an entry in start menu 2.7. Possibility to add a certain document type to the system 2.8. Registry control 2.9. Cool looking customizable install screens (different types of setup, license agreement , ... ) 2.9. Properly uninstall (=undo all previous steps) That's about all i can think off. You might want to take a look at this freeware installer that i frequently use, Inno Setup, http://www.jrsoftware.org/
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Hai Iam interested in writing my own installation program to setup the files.What are concepts and procedures you have to follow .Any help would be appericiated
I would not suggest you to write your installation program. And according to the new logo requirements of windows you have to install through Windows Installer(MSI). There are variety of reasons to enfore this, since MS beleives installation is one of the main culprit in many "file missing" or dll hell problem. So you *have* to go through MSI to install your program and I suggest to look at ISWI(InstallShield for WIndows Installer). or Visual Studio Installer. Regards Ravi
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Is there a special way to make self-extracting .exe's, if I have an .exe file but want to be able to specify a specific config file and zip file. /XTSea
You might want to check these links here on codeproject -> http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/sfxframework.asp -> http://www.codeproject.com/file/self\_extractor.asp They should help you get started
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I would not suggest you to write your installation program. And according to the new logo requirements of windows you have to install through Windows Installer(MSI). There are variety of reasons to enfore this, since MS beleives installation is one of the main culprit in many "file missing" or dll hell problem. So you *have* to go through MSI to install your program and I suggest to look at ISWI(InstallShield for WIndows Installer). or Visual Studio Installer. Regards Ravi
I found another great installer that's free. I've found it to be easier to use than pay installer and it has all the features. It's call GP-Install and you can get it at: http://www.qsc.co.uk/ They say that about 5000 applications use it. I would highly recommend checking there before spending any money on a pay installer. It's very professional!