Installer Question

[q582gmzhi]

Hi,

I have used the PDW in VB6 all works well and packaged software installs OK from a CD.

How would I go about creating a package that can be downloaded from a link on a website and installed, i.e: everything packaged in 1 exe file and also installs from 1 file.

Do I just create a executable zip and then run a batch file or is there and easier method.

Thanks in advance.

Daz......

[dilettante]

Yes, you can use something like ZIP 2 Secure EXE, or you might instead package your application as a single MSI file using Visual Studio Installer 1.1 or another tool.

[q582gmzhi]

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

Will the MSI also include all the runtime files etc in the same package or is it just for the software?

Daz.......

[dilettante]

It can contain everything you'd normally have as part of a PDW setup package. Note that some things (like MDAC, the VB6 runtime components, etc.) are no longer meant to be deployed on recent versions of Windows.

In case you are installing downlevel to unsupported OSs (Win9x) or older OSs (Win2K, WinXP) you might want to "condition" those components, i.e. put conditions on them so they're only installed if the OS is < version 6.0 (Vista) or the existing version of the component is older than the version you need for your program.

It is usually better to use a merge module to include these things in the MSI rather than relying on the versions installed on your development machine. See Merge Modules for Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual C++ 6.0 for example.

[isnoend07]

This works good for creating an install exe to install your program
http://www.izarc.org/
Now I purchased one that real easy to use, especially if you update your exe a lot like I do. Just replace the exe and click
compile.