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system
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********** will take a PDW Setup.lst or a VB Project (.vbp) file and convert it to a simple Inno Setup Script that can be compiled straight away with Inno Setup, with no modifications (if you like) or modify it to include other parameters. It gets you out the gate fast.
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Current Version 1.0.23 - November 3, 2003
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Hi,
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asycfilt.dll
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Edited by - MegaFelix on 11/3/2005 7:35:11 AM
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Edited by - jschuchert on 8/17/2008 7:05:58 AM
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Hi,
I am trying to call a function in a package in Oracle, from VB. I am using the traditional ADODB with connection, command and parameter objects. The function has 6 input parameters and it returns a string value.
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Edited by - Archvile on 9/14/2004 3:07:01 PM
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Hi,
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Hi.
Where I could find some help or a tutorial about to use and create a MSI Installer?
Thanks
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hello guys...
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Hey.. does anybody here knows how to create a "Setup.exe" for programs created in Visual Basic?
An Installer
hi, man, too man posts tonight...but at least i answered some other peoples posts.
ok, my mate does mods for medal of honour(MOH), and he wants an installer, so that when run, it finds his mod file on the drive u tell it to look, and then puts it in the main MOH directory.
He doesnt have visual basic, so hes used VB in excel to get what he thinks will be the right sort of code to get it working, and then given it to me to check and then make in an exe for him. The thing is i dont really understand this sorta code, and it doesnt seem to work, so i wondered whether any of u lot would know what it is.
Code:
Dim object As String
Dim Destination As String
Dim source As String
Dim path
path = InputBox("Please enter the main directory of the unreal file", "path", "C:")
Set fs = Application.FileSearch
With fs
.LookIn = path
.SearchSubFolders = True
.Filename = "zzuser-moh_vietnam"
If .Execute(SortBy:=msoSortByFileName, _
SortOrder:=msoSortOrderAscending) > 0 Then
MsgBox "File found preparing to install"
For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count
MsgBox .FoundFiles(i)
TextBox1 = .FoundFiles(i)
Next i
Else
MsgBox "The file: zzuser-moh_vietnam.pk3 was not found"
End If
End With
If TextBox1 > "" Then
source = TextBox1
filesystemobject = "zzuser-moh_vietnam"
Destination = "C:Program FilesEA GAMESMOHAAmainzzuser-moh_vietnam.pk3"
FileCopy source, Destination
MsgBox "Installation successful"
Else
MsgBox "Please unsure the contents of the zip folder are move into a non compressed folder and the correct path is given."
End If
If u could tell me how to do something basic like this it would be helpful.
I was also wondering whether it would be easier to install the file from the same folder as the exe, rather then searching for it?
any help welcomed
Installer
I read somewhere that you could compile an ocx into your exe (it might of involved resource files) instead of having to use an installer, is this true? If not, is there any way at all that you could release a program without having to use an installer?
I've been using delphi for this very reason but I prefer vb.
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how can I distribute a vb application using the windows installer?
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Installer For Vb 6.0 Or Other
Hello, I'm hamka. Where i can get the installer for the software visual basic(free download). That's all. Hopefully, anyone can help...ok.
Installer For Vb 6.0 Or Other
Hello, I'm hamka. Where i can get the installer for the software visual basic(free download). That's all. Hopefully, anyone can help...ok.
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Hey guys, I would like to know how to create an installer(like Setup.exe) that install my program on the hard disk with VB.
VB 6.0 Installer
Ei, good day.. can anyone provide me a link to download the VB 6.0 (Visual Studio)
Installer
Hi i have two questions
first, i want to make an installer for a file, it is for a game MOD and so must be placed in the game directory, i want to make the mod a self installer in VB but as a single .EXE, how can i compile the VB code and the mod [single file] into a single .EXE?
second, i need to find the game directory in the registry, i know its place is:
my computerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREEA GAMESBattlefield 1942
and the key is called:
GAMEDIR
and currently holds the value
"C:gamesBF1942"
ive looked allover google for a simple answer but they all seem to say check your API text viewer - which im not sure if i have or not :S
any help, thanks
Installer
can anyone tell me if theres an installer in vb6 and where i can find it
please would love to see how it works
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this is more advice than a problem
say i have a program that uses 3 or 4 different ocx files and 3 or 4 .dll files like custom controls or something for talks sake.. what would be the best installer to use so that the program installs to say c:program filesexample or wherever the user chooses to install it but also register the DLL and OCX files to the C:windowssystem32 folder and registers them properly to save the user doing it themselves? uninstaller too by the way for it all
any one got any advice
ive tried a few and they dont see to register the ocx/dll files properly
Installer Changes.
Ok this is my situation:
I have a program that I am distributing, (which by the way is being downloaded like hot cakes, and I need more bandwidth). But anyways for it to be installed (the downloaded program which installs the whole thing), I want to entirely uninstall it first (to get rid of some dlls which are now not needed). I am using this EXTREMELY bad (good for begginers like I WAS) software called clickteam install creator to pack it into an EXE installer. I can't find the option to get rid of old files before install (it just overwrites). Now because of this I want to swith to NSIS (least overhead and I can make it so that it can check if the system will be ok for downloading and will give me more control). How would I go about doing this in the fasion that when this installer finishes, the previous installation is deleted in the Add/Remove programs list in windows, and then the installation is installed with the New NSIS (effectively updating it). I want it to be seamless.
I believe I have to have a registry update key to provide or something. Anyways I'm just starting with NSIS (and don't know a clue about it) and the old program just did everythign for you (so I'm clueless). I'm posting this here because I need immediate help (my program is freeware: the program is on download.com and I don't want to spend like $200 bucks for one day updating, so I have to wait 15 days for it to be done. Because of this I need to come up with an update (it's ready, I just need to make an installer) really soon. My host made me pay 120 extra because of bandwidth (I've tried to keep it small, but it still gets 300+ downloads a day and it's a 1.6mB file packed with this previous installer.
THANKS ALOT for your time and help and reading that huge post and my rambling. It's greatly appreciated.
Installer
How do i go about installing my vb apps (as in i want to ditribute them with an installer, that registers any ActiveX controls [.ocx] and inserts data into registry).
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