Installshield help needed !

[SBonneau]

I really need help to create a setup for my program. I would like to use installshield 6.0.

My app use an ActiveX and I don't know how to insert it in the setup program.
I never used installshield before, then I would like to get good help on it.

I tried to follow the tutorial, but it doesn't seem to work.

SBonneau.

[KYG]

You have to do the following steps:
1. Copy your .OCX file to the target machine.
2. Register it with regsvr32.exe
3. Check whether your ActiveX has been registered successfully.

So far you can write a function like this:

function InstallOCX()

NUMBER nResult;
STRING svRegsvr32;
STRING svOCX;

begin
svRegsvr32=WINSYSDIR + "\\regsvr32.exe";
svOCX =TARGETDIR + "\\MyActiveX.ocx";

LongPathToQuote(svRegsvr32,TRUE);
LongPathToQuote(svOCX, TRUE);

nResult = LaunchAppAndWait (svRegsvr32, "/s " + svOCX, WAIT );

if(nResult<0) then
MessageBox("Failed to register OCX control", SEVERE);
bInstallAborted = TRUE;
else
MessageBox("OCX control has been registered successfully", SEVERE);
endif;

end;




bool bInstallAborted - global variable which you can use to control your installtion process.

Hope it'll help.
KYG.

[bayram]

1)create a file group
2)add to the group your ocx file
2.5) click on (choose) your just created file group
3)set the VALUE of the Self-registered field to YES
compile and build your project

Bayram.

[Xeon]

Hi there, Bayram! I would like to ask u if u know the steps needed to create additional folders with additional program files in them, so that when the user has finish the installation, the destination directory will have a few folders(and files within them) inside in main program's folders.(which in turn, is under C:\Program Files) This is what those big programs like MS Office does : They've more than 1 folders and lots of files within these folders. How do we get InstallShield to do this? The steps needed? Thanks a lot, Bayram! :-D

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[bayram]

Hi Xeon1
well, try the following:
1) click on Components tab
2) click on (choose) a folder where your files you want to copy to a different dir are stored
3) on the right side you can see Destination field
field, create a new dir and rename it
4) compile and rebuild your prj.

Let me know if it helps you.

Bayram.

[SBonneau]

oki I did it ...
but where do I have to add my others files like cpp and .h and .obj ..

Do I have to app my debug directory ?

SBonneau

[bayram]

why do you need your cpp. h, obj files. You should include only exe release file.

Just create another file group and add your exe file.

Bayram

[SBonneau]

oki, sorry ... i really don't know how works an installshield...
now, I compiled my app in release mode, I add the exe release in a file group ..
but... when I run the setup from the installsheild ... it doesn't seem to install anything ...

The only file that I have in my directory in Programs Files .. is "Uninst.isu"

???

SBonneau