VB6 Application Installer?

Hi there,

I'm creating an application in VB6 and would like to make a basic installer for it. I tried using the P&D wizard, but it doesn't allow me to add a folder full of files at once. Ideally I'd like to install my application along with an accompanying access database and a few folders full of relevant files. If possible, I'd also like to install 2 fonts to the target system.

Is this possible without me having to learn an entirely new scripting language to create it? I can barely grasp the basics of VB6 as it is. :p

Thanks alot,

GT

If you click on the Add... button on the Additional Files step of the P&D Wiz you can select your file(s) to add to your install.

My personal favourite is the Visual Studio Installer - which among other things allows you to add multiple files/folders easily (and is not an overly complicated system).

I personally use Inno, but it's a personal preference. Check the Deployment FAQ sticky on this forum for Inno and others.

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Originally Posted by kberry79

I personally use Inno, but it's a personal preference. Check the Deployment FAQ sticky on this forum for Inno and others.

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I think Inno was the one I tried before, but I couldn't get my head around it at all. I'll give the VSI a go soon though.

You should use the other third party tools for Inno Setup. The offer great support and do most of the work for you.

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Originally Posted by si_the_geek

My personal favourite is the Visual Studio Installer - which among other things allows you to add multiple files/folders easily (and is not an overly complicated system).

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I have this installed now, is there a simple guide available for using it? I'll give this a try before Inno, as the interface does look a lot more straight forward.

EDIT: Having had a quick play about with it, VSI seems to suffer from the same problem as P&D wizard in that I cannot add sub-folders with batches of files within them. However, this may actually be possible, as I have little idea what i'm doing.

I know that in the "add file" dialog you can select multiple files, presumably you can add folders too (if you are selecting files at the same time).

If you can't do that, you can always create a folder with the same name in VSI, and add all the files into it.

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Originally Posted by si_the_geek

I know that in the "add file" dialog you can select multiple files, presumably you can add folders too (if you are selecting files at the same time).

If you can't do that, you can always create a folder with the same name in VSI, and add all the files into it.

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I managed to get everything added and an installer was created, I tested this on another PC and the only thing that didn't work was the installation of fonts. In VSI I had these inside a 'fonts' folder to be placed inside the target 'windows' folder, however, this as not copied during install. Does anyone know how I sort this?

Fonts cannot simply be copied, they need to be installed in a specific way.

To do this in VSI, you can apparently add them as files, and set the 'Register' property to vsifrFont.

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Originally Posted by randem

You should use the other third party tools for Inno Setup. The offer great support and do most of the work for you.

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INNO setup supports installing fonts to a target system without the need for any 3rd party add-ins....

Yes, I know that. I was responding to her other problems as well. ;)

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Originally Posted by gt123

I think Inno was the one I tried before, but I couldn't get my head around it at all.

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