Deploying an application 1

[ndalli]

Hi

When creating the setup files for a VB application, a number of files are
created (CAB, EXE etc...).

Does anyone know how I could amalgamate all these into one exe, and when the
user clicks on the exe, the installation runs automatically.

I know that it is possible, but I do not know how or if another software is
required.

Thanks

 

[zemp]

With the PDW you need the setup.exe, setup.lst and the .cab file. All the user does is double click the setup.exe. The .lst tells the exe which files to install, how to install them and where. The .cab contains the files you need to install. You need to distribute all three but the user only deals with one.

To create a single setup fiel you will need to use another setup package. Something like Visual Studio Installer (free from microsoft) or INNO setup (free from

http://www.jrsoftware.org).

There are also others out there that you can use.

Thanks and Good Luck!

zemp