Package and Deployment Wizard, ini file depending on installation

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How can I make the PDW change a ini file that it install to point to different paths depending on where I install it?
Also, is it possible to make it just change an existing Shared ini file by just adding a line when installing and removing the line when uninstalling?

 

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Most of these kinds of things will require that you customize Setup1.

Using a newer packager, even VSI 1.1, will offer you options that are less painful - in the sense of not needing to keep track of multiple versions of Setup1 each time you package something.

 

[Disferente]

How can I customize Setup1?

What would be the best other packager to use, that is free.

 

[dilettante]

Setup1 is written in VB6. You should have the source already, in a folder within the PDW's Program Files folder:

[tt]C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\Wizards\PDWizard\Setup1[/tt]

"Best" is a bad choice of word. This is how flame wars get started. ;-)

Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 1.1 is the latest available version of the tool Microsoft released to replace the PDW. It has been around since 2000 or so.

 

[Disferente]

Thank you. I'll look into it, and hopefully it will be able to do what I want.