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| Submitted on: 7/10/2000 10:37:16 PM
By: Ronnie Staxborn
Level: Intermediate
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By 36 Users
Compatibility:VB 5.0, VB 6.0
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| | | UPDATED (ver 1.3)! If you have done a program you maybe want to make your own Installer program for it. Here it is. Your own Installer program with compression. You can make the Installer just like you want. Or if you want to make a Setup program like Wise Install or Install-us. Make one yourself.
New in this version (1.3) is a working Install directory. It will add shortcuts to your program. And a much better interface.
Please VOTE if you like the program.
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and get paid.
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7/11/2000 4:03:14 AM:Newmann
i'm currently making an setup program
as well... this code will definetly
help me to finish it up a lot faster...
thanks a lot...
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7/11/2000 4:19:51 AM:Stuart
Are the included zip32.dll &
unzip32.dll files free to distribute?
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7/11/2000 4:48:22 AM:Chris
Good idea and good work. Some bugs, but
it's really works. Thanks so much. ;-))
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7/11/2000 8:56:17 AM:Ross Nelson
Yes, zip and unzip 32.dll (s) are
free to distribute (as long as they are
the InfoZip ones).
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7/11/2000 2:37:13 PM:Ronnie Staxborn
Thank you all for your kind comments.
And yes all codes and files are for
free. And remember, if you like the
code, please VOTE. Ronnie
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7/11/2000 3:12:12 PM:deeg15
how can i edit the installer.exe
template ???
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7/11/2000 3:38:34 PM:Ronnie Staxborn
You can customize the Installer
Template in the folder "install". You
can make your own "skin" to the program
from there. And make it exactly as you
want it. Compile the Installer.exe when
you are done. In the folder "Makesetup"
you can costumize the Settings for the
Installer.
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7/14/2000 12:27:03 PM:Christian
This cant be used as an installer. If
you knew a litle about the bad things
in VB, you would know why we make
installers. VB requieres a lot of
runtime fils. Soo do your installer.
That means, you have to make a
installer that installs your program,
and then uses your installer to install
the actual program.
Have a nice day
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7/14/2000 11:46:38 PM:Wicked_Willy
You know Christian most companies do
have an installer to install there
installer. He doesn't have to have one
now cuz it is a free code. If he was to
have a web site he could have a dl for
all the runtime files or have it
packaged in a wise installer or
something.
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7/15/2000 9:06:53 AM:Ronnie Staxborn
True. And you can also use a program
like fusion from Bit-arts where you
make a fusion with VB6 runtime and your
program (Installer). All in ONE exe
file.
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7/15/2000 2:44:42 PM:WĻ©kŹŠ_WĪ££’
Also in visual studio 6 there comes a
installer with it so when u make your
own programs there is an installer for
it.
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7/23/2000 9:55:29 PM:Francisco Torres Hernįndez
I belive that its Good!. I Test It.
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8/4/2000 9:55:42 AM:Michael Barnathan
Nice code, but you'd have to use Fusion
for something like this, which sorta
defeats the purpose of the installer.
Still, nice code, rating it excellent.
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8/4/2000 11:49:51 PM:candrews
You could find someone with C++ to make
a simple bootstrapper kind of program
do it. Have it copy the VB runtimes and
the installer to a temp folder, then
run the installer. Just look at the
setup wizard that comes with VB5 and 6
- that's how it works!
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8/5/2000 2:56:34 AM:m_tomte
I've made a way better version! Actualy
its the same, only at the start it
creates Unzip.dll (VB creats it as a
text file)! All you do it open the .dll
in Notepad, copy all the text then tell
VB to copy that info to a .dll file it
just made and thats it =D
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8/8/2000 1:23:04 AM:Eric Malamisura
Christian its a simple matter of
binding the runtime control to the exe.
I personally use a program called
PEBundle by a company called
Collakesoftware
www.collakesoftware.com
when the exe
is run for first time the runtimes are
extracted to the system folder and
wallah.. it runs! Simple as that!
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8/10/2000 12:59:14 AM:Andy
Um I hate to break the good news to you
guys but there is a program called
Fusion made by bit arts and it 'Wraps'
all the runtime files together.
Check
it out it is VERY cool
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8/13/2000 4:19:59 AM:Detonate
Andy, if you had even bothered to read
anybody's posts in this thread you'd
realise that you're not breaking any
news by mentioning Fusion
Anyway
Ronnie, nice code, even if you need an
installer before using your installer
(obviously not a production-level
thing, but cool for giving progs to
your mates etc i spose)
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8/13/2000 5:52:09 AM:Christian
This is not as good as everyie thinks.
Its correct its posible to extract he
runtimes etc. But i would really
recommand useing a other setup
because:
1: You can be almost 100%
sure it works, and dosnt crashes.
2:
No runtimes requiered
3: Many many
more setup functions.
Here is a
litle hint to you ppl who is
interrested:
Install Shield is very
expensive, but its really great. You
can write your own code in it, it
really expands the
posibilaties.
Wise is good if you
dont want to use many money. And its
very simple to use, sometimes too
simple.
There is many setup programs
like Wise, which i also can recommand,
one of them is Setup Factory from
Indigorose
http://www.indigorose.com
I hope i
helped some one.
Chris
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8/13/2000 10:21:21 AM:QueTwo
Come on guys. He's giving you a FREE
EXAMPLE on how to do these things. He
is shareing his pride and joy with you.
We know it's not production level,
it's written in VB. We know it will
not be as stable as a program that was
written by PROFESSIONALS, who get PAID
by their work. Use some common-sense
guys. And thank you Ronnie, great code
:)
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8/13/2000 2:00:05 PM:Paul M. Bryant Sr.
Just a thought; but you CAN, first back
up the installer files that come with
VB, and then just go in and open up the
installer that comes with VB, and
change the forms to what ever you like
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8/29/2000 6:41:54 PM:bickern
This may not be the app killer of the
century, but give the guy a break.
He
has used some good routines here that
have been well thought out, keep up the
good work.
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8/30/2000 6:15:21 AM:Coozzzzz
yes respect him for sharing his code
but i do have the agree that VB is the
worst language to program an installer
on. Since people dont like to download
large files, for the vb app installer
to run you'd need atleast 5mb of
additional files. And for VB6 i think
if you dont have an updated system it
wont run. I dont remember the error but
in Win95, vb6 apps wouldnt run until i
installed vb6 again. And no it wasnt
because i was missing files. And i
think you'd need alot of updated files
for VB6 apps, like oleaut32.dll, etc
etc.
anyways i didnt look at your
code but nice work :)
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9/2/2000 1:52:26 PM:Roee Golan
I just wanna know how to create the exe
and stored file in it so pleaseeeee can
somebody send me a project of making
exe file and files in it ??? i have a
lot of good projects that i made and
fixed, like unace the working version
and short code of laser effects and
many more so please contact me at:
rg12@inter.net.il
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10/30/2000 2:53:28 PM:chris
All Windows before Windows 98 need the
ms Dcom98 'upgrade'.
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12/19/2000 11:18:54 AM:Vasilis Sagonas
thanks for referring me ;-)
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4/29/2001 11:57:40 AM:Matthew
This is a really great program!
excellent. for the runtime i suggest
you just bundle a self-extracting
archive. This is really great, greater
that it looks. It's so profesional
windows like looking!
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5/30/2001 5:11:44 AM:Hummy(@mail.ru)
GRAND thanx form Siberia, Russia
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10/7/2002 1:08:17 AM:RazorWolf Software, LLC.
Hmmmm... One assumes that a person
using Visual Basic to create an
installation program for their
software
would assume that the
software to be
installed would
require the runtime
files anyway...
So installing them
before or during
the installation
results in the same
conclusion. They
are going to get
them one way or
another...
:)
Fusion is good, yes....
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10/12/2002 11:55:19 PM:Spazz
This thing is amazing. Well coded,
nice. Good job, dude. Keep up the good
work.
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11/12/2002 9:13:08 PM:T Nguyen
If you want to your vb runs on any
machine, you have to put the program
called runtime32.dll, or some of its
require for the vb's app to run along
with you app. Like: while you're making
setup program you have to put the
requires to it for later on another
machine won't missing them.
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12/18/2002 5:31:06 AM:Danny Pryor
GOOD GOD ! How ungreatful you people
are . It would seem that most of the
people which have complained about this
submission cannot spell nor' form a
complete sentence . It's people like
that that are really in need of free
code .
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4/22/2003 9:34:54 AM:
When I use it, it dont work!
When I
make the install thing adding the files
it adds fine but when I go to install
the files it says this:
'This file
is damaged or it doesn't include any
files.'
How do I make it work. How do
you realy use this Program??? can you
help me.
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