Package and Deployment Wizard with Registry Files

[xterra]

Hi,

I am trying to deploy my application using the Package and Deployment Wizard in VB6. Everything works fine except when I add a registry file and try to compile the Package it says:
"The File is not recognized as a valid registry file."

I can run the file and it adds everything in the registry fine, so I know it is a valid registry file because I went to regedit and exported the hive that I needed. Here is my .reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\Imaging\Fees]
"Clocking"="1"
"ExtraIndexes"="2"
"Page"="1"
"Printing"="1"
"Recording"="1"
"Special"="1"

If anyone knows why it is doing this please let me know.

Thanks,

Adam

 

[Foada]

Are you trying to package your registry entries with your deployment? If you are why would you not just write your registry entries the first time the app run? I don't think you would even want to send your specific reg file with the app as you could really mess up the target machine. Anything is possible, the problem is I only have one lifetime.

 

[Phr3t]

saving these particular values is VERY easy with VB..... just use SaveSetting the first time your app runs. you would do this:

SaveSetting "Imaging", "Fees", "Clocking", "1"
etc., for all the values.

hope this helps

Phr3-|-

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for some of my muzic...

 

[xterra]

Yeah I never thought of doing it that way, It just seemed alot easier to let the installation program handle it but I think I will have to do it the way you are saying. I wasn't going to physically put the .reg files on the client machine, it gives you the option in the depolyment to just install the keys, that was what I was going to do, but I guess it doesn't work. If still would like to know why this technique won't work because it would be alot easier for me if it did.

Thanks,

Adam