Am I missing something obvious?
I have a 9 applications, all of which I want to install in a single setup, and have shortcuts created for each one. It seems to me that each app must be installed separately by the user, which is a pain for them. Is there an obvious way around the problem? If so, does this violate the "best practice", which seems to indicate that each app should have its own install/unistall?
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pete gibbs
, Jan 25 2002 16:23
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Kurt Schneider
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Posted 25 January 2002 - 17:56
Hi pete,
Maybe I am not getting the full picture here but, in it's simplest form you should be able to install 9 .exe's each with its own shortcut within one installation. You may only get one entry in the Add/Remove programs applet but it should work. I guess I don't understand the issue. Do you have 9 separate setup.exe that you want to wrap up? I shouldn't comment on the 'Best Practice' part of your question. I have been know to be a gross violator of 'Best Practice'.
Good Luck
Kurt Schneider
pete gibbs
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Posted 28 January 2002 - 14:53
Hi Kurt
Yes, I seem to have 9 separate setup.exes that I need to wrap up. In VS installer one creates a 'project ' and within that project I add each VB program separately. This appears to set up the 9 setup.exes. I've never used Windows Installer so I don't know whether it has the same project structure, but since VS Installer is a development of WInstaller specific to VStudio I would assume there are certain similarities, project being one such.
Regards,
Pete