Q129888: How to Customize the Setup Wizard in Visual Basic Version 4.0
Article: Q129888
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 4.00
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbsetup
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
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SUMMARY
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The Setup kit for Visual Basic version 4.0 now fills distribution disks
completely by splitting files across disks. This article explains how to deal
with some of the issues that may come up when you use the new Setup Wizard in
Visual Basic version 4.0.
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Making Changes to SETUP1.EXE
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Making changes to the SETUP1.EXE project restricts your ability to use the same
disk scheme after recompiling the .EXE file. Use the following steps if you want
to keep the same disk scheme after making changes to an .EXE file:
1. Edit the SWDEPEND.INI file to add a key to the [SETUPWIZ] or [SETUPWIZ-32]
section as in this example:
USES4=RESERVED.DAT.
2. Create a file by the same name (RESERVED.DAT) somewhere in the Windows search
path. When the Setup Wizard creates disks, it will always copy RESERVED.DAT
to disk 1.
3. Delete RESERVED.DAT after the images are created.
4. Edit the SETUP.LST file on disk 1 to delete the line referring to
RESERVED.DAT in the [Bootstrap] section. Then renumber all instances of
'FILEX=' that follow that line you just deleted so that the file numbers are
contiguous.
Designing an Installation for an Operating System
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The Setup Wizard for Visual Basic version 4.0 does not allow you to specify the
target operating system environment. This capability would reduce the number of
files needed on the distribution disks because many of the files would not be
necessary if you are creating the project for an environment that already
carries the supporting files.
Use the following steps to design installation disks for multiple operating
system environments.
1. Create several SWDEPEND.INI files, one for each targeted distribution
environment.
2. Delete the 'USESX=' keys in the [SETUPWIZ] and/or [SETUPWIZ-32] sections and
also in the [VB Runtime xxxx] and/or [VB Runtime xxxx-32] sections.
3. Before starting the SetupWizard, copy the desired SWDEPEND.INI file to the
Windows directory.
4. Run the Setup Wizard. In Step 5 of Setup Wizard, clear the files you don't
need to ship from the selection of files.
Additional query words: 4.00 vb4win vb4all
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Keywords : kbsetup
Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVB16bitSearch
Version : 4.00
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