packaging folders??? [RESOLVED]

[dude131]

the purpose of my app is to let the user access images -- these are in a folder, and several sub-folders. how do i package this with PDW so i can create and install all the folders and images into the end-user's pc (neatly)?? thanks

-- thanks guys - i think inno setup is the way to go!!

[Nightwalker83]

You can change the installation folder:

example myapp.exe = "C:\myapp\"

If you have images put "C:\myapp\Images\" for the folder to install the images to.

[dude131]

thanks - appreciate the help

[dude131]

?? i have about 1500 images in a folder and subfolder that i need to package with my app. can package & deploy wizard handle this - and if so how do i package all this up? do i have to do them one by one?

[tstom1970]

Hi Dude.
You can add as many files as you wish. The P&D wiz will show a review of all of the installation files along with an add button. Click the add button and browse to the folder with your images, selecting them all. Unfortunately, you would have to change the path one by one using the wizard so do the following instead. After you are finished, open up your newly created setup.lst file, edit the path of the macro $(AppPath) changing it to $(AppPath)\Images to create an Images folder in the application's path. Of course the name of this folder and it's creation location are all up to you.

Tom

[dude131]

i don't seem to be able to select multiiple files, with package and deploy wizard, when adding? i'm using vb studio 6.0 -- what the? is there some setting or something i don't know?

[randem]

dude131,


Dude... You can't select multiple files with PDW. The best you can do is to zip all the files into one or more zip files and include the zipfiles. Upon installing then extract the files where you want them.

You also may want to look at my signature below!

[tstom1970]

You may indeed select multiple files. There may or may not be a limit? I haven't reached it. Don't be so quick to say I'm wrong.
Hold down CTRL or shift key as you would do in any common dialog box.

Tom

[dude131]

tstom - i don't think it works that way -- at least not for me.

[randem]

dude131

That is correct... It does not work that way... FOR ANYONE!!!

[Rocketdawg]

My last kids program had 400+ animation images, so I loaded them in a couple imagelist controls. For me, it was easier than loading them while using the P&D wizard.