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Submitted on: 7/10/2000 10:37:16 PM
By: Ronnie Staxborn 
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: 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. Do you want to make more money while you programming? Goto: http://www.paidforsurf.com/index.asp?refid=rompa 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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