Here it is so far:
// Visual Basic Installer Stub
// Designed for Visual Basic 5.0 and 6.0
// Copyright (c) 2001 Arien Talabac
// ap*.h classes are from the College Board; download them at
// http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/computer-science/html/classes.html
#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "apstring.h"
#include "apvector.h"
#define _PROJECT_VERSION_ "1.0.0"
#define _SCRIPT_FILE_ "script.iss"
#define _WAIT_FOR_KEY_PRESS_TERMINATE_ true
#define _COPYRIGHT_NOTICE_ "Copyright (c) 2001 Arien Talabac"
// Uncomment below if bool is not a keyword in your compiler:
/*
#define bool int
#define true 1
#define false 0
*/
apstring windowsSystemDirectory()
// Returns a path to the Windows system directory or "" on error.
{
UINT i;
char path[MAX_PATH];
UINT sz = MAX_PATH;
i = GetWindowsDirectory(path, sz);
return apstring(path);
}
bool copyFile(const apstring &source, const apstring &dest)
// Copies source to dest and return true on success.
{
long flag = CopyFile(source.c_str(), dest.c_str(), FALSE);
return (flag != 0);
}
apstring lowercase(apstring s)
// Returns a lowercase version of s
{
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
{
s[i] = tolower(s[i]);
}
return s;
}
bool executeScriptCommand(const apstring &s)
// Executes s and returns true on success.
{
if (s.find("copytowinsysdir") == 0)
{
int spaceLoc = s.find(' ');
if (spaceLoc != npos)
{
apstring source = s.substr(spaceLoc + 1, s.length() - spaceLoc);
apstring dest(windowsSystemDirectory() + "\\");
cout << "Copying \"" << source << "\" to \"" << dest << "\"...";
if (copyFile(source, dest + "\\"))
{
cout << "Done" << endl;
return true;
}
else
{
cout << "Failed" << endl;
return false;
}
}
else
{
cout << "Bad syntax in \"" << s << "\"" << endl;
return false;
}
}
else if (s.find("copytowinsysdirandregister") == 0)
{
}
else if (s.find("shellprocess") == 0)
{
}
else
{
cout << "Unrecognized directive \"" << s << "\"" << endl;
return false;
}
return true;
}
int main()
{
cout << "Visual Basic Installer Stub" << endl;
cout << "Version " << _PROJECT_VERSION_ << endl;
cout << _COPYRIGHT_NOTICE_ << endl;
cout << endl;
cout << "Searching for stub script \"" << _SCRIPT_FILE_ << "\"...";
ifstream in(_SCRIPT_FILE_, ios::nocreate);
if (in.fail())
{
cout << "Failed" << endl;
return 1;
}
cout << "Found" << endl;
cout << "Loading script commands...";
apstring currentLine("");
apvector<apstring> lines;
while (!in.eof())
{
getline(in, currentLine);
lines.resize(lines.length() + 1);
lines[lines.length() - 1] = currentLine;
}
in.close();
cout << "Loaded " << lines.length() << " directive(s)" << endl;
cout << "Executing directives..." << endl;
long errorCount = 0;
for (long i = 0; i < lines.length(); i++)
{
if (!executeScriptCommand(lines[i]))
{
errorCount++;
}
}
cout << "Done executing " << lines.length() << " directive(s) with "
<< errorCount << " error(s)" << endl;
if (_WAIT_FOR_KEY_PRESS_TERMINATE_)
{
getchar();
}
return 0;
}