Oops. I think I spoke too soon when I said it couldn't be too hard in C++.
Look at this thread on copying and renaming a file. Whew! It only takes stuff like this to remind me why I never had an interest in learning C++.
http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-203777>Visual C++ build stand alone EXE. No additional libraries needed. They all come with Windows.
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>>Therein lies the problem. I need to know that it will run without reliance on the .NET framework or any other runtimes. I need a true EXE (or some other reliable solution).
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>>>Do it with Visual C++, If the user has no .NET framework installed you couldn't run it before InstallShield.
>>>I am not familiar with Realbasic so I couldn't talk about it.