specific question about installations 1

[sarahmc22]

Hi,

I am trying to figure out the cheapest installation program that will fit the needs of my software program. I need an installation program that will not write over, on reinstall, certain data files in myprogram directory. The VB install program doesn't seem capable of being programmed to do this. Would Wise's Installmaker be up to the task?

Thanks,

S

 

[petermeachem]

The vb setup is actually not too bad to customise. I need to do the same thing and added
Sub CopyDatabase(cSrc As String, cDest As String)
Dim l As Long
Dim temp As String
temp = Dir(cSrc & "*.mdb&quot
Do Until temp = ""
l = CopyFileLocal(cSrc & "\" & temp, cDest & "\" & temp, -1&)
SetAttr cDest & "\" & temp, vbNormal
temp = Dir
If temp = "" Then Exit Do
Loop
End Sub

calling it as

CopySection strINI_FILES

INSERT AFTER THIS

cTemp = Trim$(gstrDestDir)
If Right$(cTemp, 1) <> &quot;\&quot; Then cTemp = cTemp & &quot;\&quot;

If gstrDataDestDir <> gstrDestDir Then
cTemp = Trim$(gstrDataDestDir)
Call CopyDatabase(gstrSrcPath, cTemp & &quot;Database&quot
Else
cTemp = Trim$(gstrDestDir)
If Right$(cTemp, 1) <> &quot;\&quot; Then cTemp = cTemp & &quot;\&quot;
cTemp = cTemp & &quot;Database\&quot;
Call CopyDatabase(gstrSrcPath, cTemp)

Wise is a click and go programme. I can't customise it at all, not the cheap one anyway. It is good at installing files like msvcrt.dll etc which the vb one can't/won't do.