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alkimium
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:09 pm    Post subject: Creating an instalation package and EXE file Reply with quote
Hello,

i´ve develop an VBA application dvb file, in this file i´ve some forms and modules. At this moment i've a problem, i want to sell my aplication and i would like to create an installation package.

There's another problem, in all of AutoCAD third party application i've tested, theres always an .exe file that you have to execute to run the application, and i would like to do something like this. Can anyone tell me how to do this, at this moment i only have the dvb file.

I've Visual Studio.

Thanks in advance

Jose

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MP
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Creating an instalation package and EXE file Reply with quote
does this mean you DO have visual studio?
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I've Visual Studio.

If that's the case, you can compile to exe.
Put your forms and mods into a vs project.
Convert what's necessary due to differences between vba and vb
(eg you need to connect to autocad your self if you're running from
"standalone" vb exe instead of inside autocad via vba
also if you have any references to ThisDrawing, you need to convert to the
doc object you create via the vb exe
also public and private may have to adjust in various places depending on
how you have it in your vba dvb
etc etc etc )

Then compile to exe.
hth
Mark

"alkimium" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
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Quote:
Hello,

i´ve develop an VBA application dvb file, in this file i´ve some forms and
modules. At this moment i've a problem, i want to sell my aplication and i

would like to create an installation package.
Quote:

There's another problem, in all of AutoCAD third party application i've
tested, theres always an .exe file that you have to execute to run the

application, and i would like to do something like this. Can anyone tell me
how to do this, at this moment i only have the dvb file.
Quote:

I've Visual Studio.

Thanks in advance

Jose
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alkimium
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Creating an instalation package and EXE file Reply with quote
Thanks.

Yes, thats the meaning, i wrote that sentence because i supoose the only way to generate an exe file is with VB

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MP
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:05 am    Post subject: Re: Creating an instalation package and EXE file Reply with quote
"alkimium" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
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Thanks.

Yes, thats the meaning, i wrote that sentence because i supoose the only
way to generate an exe file is with VB


that's correct
:-)
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hendie
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Creating an instalation package and EXE file Reply with quote
there are several packages out there for doing this.
For my installation packages I use a combination of AcadInstall from www.cadwerx.net , Inno Setup from www.jrsoftware.org/ and & IStool from www.istool.org


http://www.resourcecad.com
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Laurie Comerford
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Creating an instalation package and EXE file Reply with quote
Hi,

To create an installation for your clients you also need to create and load
a menu so the user can use your program. You will also need help files, and
a licensing system unless you intend to give it away.

After about 2 years of research, development and testing I've now got Inno
Setup doing this at the level of elegance I want, but like Autodesk, I still
use HTM files to provide the primary user interface for the installation.

Note that I got an initial process running in Inno Setup on day 1, but I
keep seeing ways of improving it.

Like Hendie, I looked at Acad Install, but never really came to grips with
it. Now I've got script in Inno Setup which provides the same functionality
as Acad Install.

--


Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au

"MP" <nospam@Thanks.com> wrote in message news:41ddc262$1_2@newsprd01...
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"alkimium" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
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Thanks.

Yes, thats the meaning, i wrote that sentence because i supoose the only
way to generate an exe file is with VB

that's correct
:-)

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Jim Dowthwaite
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:17 am    Post subject: Re: Creating an instalation package and EXE file Reply with quote
Laurie,

Care to share that Inno script?

Jim Dowthwaite
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