Package and Deployment in VB6 using tthe wizard
jerryys
after choosing a specific project to package up.
also any options exist to make the package look more professional, etc
thanks
jerryys
MikeD
"jerryys" <jer...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:04A167E5-89C5-40E5...@microsoft.com...
> anyone know why a msg PDMAN 98 not responding when trying to use the wizard
> after choosing a specific project to package up.
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Just a WAG. Perhaps not installed properly (component is not registered properly) or the package file you're trying to load is
corrupt.
> also any options exist to make the package look more professional, etc
Modify the Setup1 project. This is just a VB6 project. You can do whatever you want to it.
However, it's only prudent to mention that PDW is very old, and does have some problems with more recent versions of Windows.
Setups created with it can also sometimes be problematic on newer versions of Windows. Therefore, it is generally recommended that
you use something other than PDW to create your program installations. I use Inno Setup almost exclusively now. It's free. You can
get it here: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
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Mike
jerryys
version.
i wonder if there is a way around it. perhaps register the exec manually?
also i'm surprised its so simple to make deployment package more detailed by
simple opening up the VBP file. does it actually generate such a file to
further
modify the install generated by the wizard?
the Inno setup is it easy to use and will it install on 64 bit vista, or
only 32 bit?
thanks
jerryys
"MikeD" wrote:
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MikeD
"jerryys" <jer...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B663D033-A080-432C...@microsoft.com...
> yes precisely i neglected to say that i'm installing on vista premium home
> version.
> i wonder if there is a way around it. perhaps register the exec manually?
Shouldn't have to work around anything. Vista should have automatically
elevated VB6's Setup, which would have installed PDW. Now that I think about
it a second time, I don't think a "not responding" condition would be caused
non-registered or improperly registered component. I think you said in
another thread of another newsgroup (see why asking in more than one
newsgroup and more than 1 thread causes problems? There's now information
about this problem scattered in several newsgroup threads) that on a
different system, PDW works fine with the project. Is that right? When you
copied/transferred this project to this Vista system, you might have missed
a source code file or dependency, and so PDW is hung on that missing file.
Again, this is just a guess.
> also i'm surprised its so simple to make deployment package more detailed
> by
> simple opening up the VBP file. does it actually generate such a file to
> further
> modify the install generated by the wizard?
The main setup program (named Setup1) that PDW uses is just a VB6 project
and the full source code for this project is included. It's located in
"\VB98\Wizards\PDWizard\Setup1". Therefore, you can make whatever
modifications to it that you want. Before you do so, however, you should
backup the entire original project. This need be nothing more than zipping
it up or copying it to another folder.
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> the Inno setup is it easy to use and will it install on 64 bit vista, or
> only 32 bit?
There's no wizard to it. You simply have to know what files to include and
where/how to properly install them. Yes, Inno Setup and the Setup programs
it creates will work fine on a 64 bit system, probably, make that
definitely, better than anything PDW will create. In fact, it has 64 bit
support for installing 64 bit apps. But since VB6 can only create 32 bit
apps, you would not want to make the Setup of your app for 64 bit systems.
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Mike
jerryys
since it shows th PDW window and i select the correct project (which is
complete) then click on package and vista timer displays on window with items
moving from one folder to the other, but it does not end. when i end it
manually you see another
window behind the PDW window with msg PDMAN98. not responding.
I dont know if its worth using more time on this problem since you mentioned
other alternatives.
obviously in this case, where information resources are limited, my cross
posting, did waste some valuable time. sorry.
jerryys
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