Stand alone

[GOOGE]

Hi guys,
This is what i am trying to do, i am wanting to create a interactive cd rom for my son, the problem is, is this cd rom will be used on alot of computers so i need it to auto start which means i need the exe to be a stand alone, can i do this in vb or does the app have to be instaled to be used(some mechines wont have vb runtime files) is this possible? is there somthing i can do to a vb project or app to make it a stand alone?

any ideas would be much appreciated

James Cuttance

 

[Foada]

You will need to make the CD's intial exe an install/setup exe from the Package Deployment Wizard or Installshield. This will include(suppose to) the required dll's and ocx's. There are soome exceptions of coarse such things as the web browser control which MS requires you get the IE redistrubution kit and there is a bug with the MS scripting runtime dll to name a few. If you are just using common controls you should be ok on most of the newer OS's. Good Luck Anything is possible, the problem is I only have one lifetime.

 

[MatDavies]

I had a similar project where i had to create a program to run from CD rom. If you put the required DLL's in the same path as the .exe you should be ok, it has worked for mine.
The only problem I came across was data access components which had to be installed properly, because of registry settings, but then i just did a check of the system at the start of the program.
If it is a simple program you should just need the vbvm60.dll in the path. Hope this helps!

Mat