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David Wright

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Sep 15, 2004, 6:12:06 PM9/15/04
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I am trying to get an application that would be a self installing
executable. Is it possible to do this in VB? When I use the PDW, I get a
setup.exe, setup.lst and xxx.cab files. I need them all in one file that I
can double click on and it would do the install.

P.S., my clients are not too swift

MikeD

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Sep 15, 2004, 9:16:06 PM9/15/04
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"David Wright" <David_...@spra.com> wrote in message
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Nothing included with VB to provide this capability.

WinZip can do this, though. You'd have to purchase it, but it's cheap.
Included with WinZip is Personal Self-Extractor. I don't know if it has the
capability to run a program after extraction, though. However, if you buy
WinZip Self-Extractor, I KNOW it does. Note that WinZip Self-Extractor is a
separate product (and requires a separate registration) from WinZip. Go to
www.winzip.com to download it.

Some 3rd-party installation tools have this feature too. Check out Wise and
InstallShield.

A free alternative is to use MS's IExpress wizard. This is part of the
Internet Explorer Administration Kit, which can be downloaded for free.
IExpress will compress files into a single, self-extracting file (an EXE)
and can optionally run a program (e.g. your Setup program) after extraction.
You can get IEAK at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ieak/downloads/default.mspx

Note that you don't have to actually install IEAK. Just extract the
following 4 files (you can open the downloaded file, ieak6.exe, in WinZip)
and put them wherever you want (all 4 files must be in the
same folder, however):

iexpress.exe
makebmp.exe
makecab.exe
wextract.exe

Then, just run iexpress.exe.

I've used IExpress quite a few times. It's decent enough. Not as
full-featured as other self-extractors, but what do you expect for free? It
gives you the basics and that's about it. For example, it can optionally
display a License Agreement and the user must click Yes to continue with the
installation (this is before extraction even happens). It can also run a
command AFTER installation (for example, it could start your program, but
this is a little more difficult because you probably won't know the path to
your program, which means Windows just has to be able to find it via its own
known search paths).

Mike

Gaurav - http://www.gauravcreations.com

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Sep 16, 2004, 3:13:03 AM9/16/04
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you can use setup generator it's free and very easy to use. It will only
create one setup executable file

http://www.gentee.com/setupgen/

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