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A DOS FP2.6 for distribution with VFP Setup
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06/06/2001 09:23:08
Gerald McKinsey
Keystone Consulting Services, Inc.
Yorktown, Indiana, United States
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
FoxPro 2.x
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00514767
Message ID:
00515694
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13
This message has been marked as a message which has helped to the initial question of the thread.
The Websetup creates a compressed file that can be downloaded quickly from
a web site. The Netsetup creates a single directory that will contain all
the files.

For the ICONS and Shortcut, I normally run a Post Setup Executable that
creates these.

Tim

>>I have used the VFP Setup Wizard for our 2.6 apps for a couple of years.
>>What I do is to copy all my runtime files into a temp directory.
>>I then start VFP go to the wizard, select the temp directory that
>>contains my runtime files, then set the default directory
>>within the wizard. Make sure that you when you select the disk image location
>>that you also select the disk image size. once all this is done it is just a
>>matter of coping it from the image directory to your diskettes.
>>
>>HTH
>>Tim
>>
>>>Hi all:
>>>
>>>Has anyone tried to use the VFP Setup Wizard to distribute a DOS 2.6 application, so the user can type setup to install the programs?
>>>If so how?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>
>Thank you Gentlemen!
>
>Step 3 asks Websetup (Compressed) or Netsetup (uncompressed) what is the difference?
>Also - Is it possible for the Install to put an icon(shortcut) on the user desktop?
>
>I appreciate you help.
>
>Roger
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