PDW Scripts? Moved to a new PC, where are they now?

[R32TT]

Hi all,

I've tried to search this everywhere but can't seem to find the answer I am looking for. I have moved to a new hard drive in my lapatop, clean install etc.
Now when I open PDW none of my previous scripts are available in the drop down combo.
The Setup.lst files and folders are all where they used to be etc.
I realise that I could create a new script based on my Project and then go through the list of files comparing against the setup.lst files and make sure they match - but is there a way to just copy these back in as they used to be?

Where are they stored? It does seem to look at the setup.lst file as I thought it might.

Cheers!
Matt.

[randem]

If you installed VB on your new PC the list is gone for good.

[R32TT]

But I still have the old hard drive fully intact.. are the files I need able to be copied over and re-populate the dropdown list etc?

[randem]

They are stored somewhere, but I don't think anyone ever looked for them. Check your vb98 folder and see if there are any ini files and such. Then search them. You might also want to search the registry on the old machine. This is one reason I do not use the registry to store user info in any of my apps. It's a bear to reconfigure on a new machine.

[R32TT]

Yep, already checked through the registry and various files in the VB98 folder etc.. unless I missed it.
No worries. At least I didn't get a "you idiot, its right in front of you" kind of answer becuase I would have kicked myself if it were too obvious.

Thanks for your help Randem. Looks like I'll just do them again from scratch.

[randem]

Just for "grins and giggles" so a search of your whole hard disk inside each file for things that were in your list.

[RobDog888]

The official word:

The PDW can save package and deployment information for each application processed by the wizard. This information is stored in a .pdm file in the project directory and with the same name as the project. For example, if the project was named Project1.vbp, the PDW will create a Project1.pdm in the same directory as Project1.vbp.

A .pdm file is a text file containing one or more scripts with all information as to the packaging and/or deployment of an application, including all necessary files, installation locations, and the name of the script.

Since a project can be distributed several different ways, several deployment packages can be created for a project, and all of the package/deployment scripts are stored in the same .pdm file. New scripts are added to the beginning of the projects .pdm file.