need people to test out my installer

hey everyone, if you could, please check out my installer and tell me if it works...

it can be found at the ivgda site (link is below). It is in the Latest_Programs section (once you've entered the main site) and it is called OpenScript.

Once you have downloaded the file, install it as you would any program, and then go in to your start menu and find the folder OpenScript. Go in there, and keep going in till you find the tutorials folder

go to that folder and run the tutorials...tell me if they work

i need to know if it worked or not, what operating system you have, and what your gfx card is.....

thank you all VERY much for doing this in advance

just so you know, it works fine for me in Windows XP Pro......but i don't know about any of the lower operating systems.

The tutorials worked, but I despise the installer because it wouldn't let me select which directory to install to.

well, i would change that, but the thing is, i need to know the place i am installing the file to, so that i can edit the registry files to run the program without the user having to search for it

if i ever find a way around this, i will fix it, but untill then, i'm sorry...

besides, there are shortcuts to all of the files you need to be able to use in the start menu....

and what OS did you use?

>i need to know the place i am installing the file to,

if you let the user choose, you have the directory (after they enter it) and you can save that in a file which you will know the location of. just a suggestion.

lol, it's not that easy....i'm using an install file creating program called CBInstaller. I downloaded it from download.com and it works great for installing stuff and all that to the registry and etc. But the thing is, when editing the registry, i can't tell what the user is installing to, so i have to type in C:\Program Files\IVGDA\OpenScript\ and not allow the user to change the path

a link to the install file creator is below:

http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.ht...ler&tg=dl-2001


so, when i edit the file, is there any special command that I can use to know what the user is installing to? I know there is a %systemroot% command, so might there be a %installdirectory% command or something?

I don't know how to change the registry through programs; however, some people may not have a c: drive, so that could pose a problem. sorry i couldn't help much though.

well, if anyone here has ever developed a program that edits the registry and adds some keys to it, please tell me

these are the keys I add in the install file, and they work fine:

(placed in code tags so it's easier to read)

Code:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.ost        Type: REG_SZ  Data: ost_auto_file
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/ost_auto_file/shell/open/command    Type: REG_SZ  Data: C:\Program Files\IVGDA\OpenScript\EXE\OpenScript.exe %1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/ost_auto_file/shell/edit/command    Type: REG_SZ  Data: C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe %1

and that successfully (on Win xp Pro at least, still haven't heard from other people *sigh*) sets up the registry so that when you double click a .ost file, it runs the exe

now, I have tried placing a %SystemRoot% at the beginning, but then it always says it can't find the exe and starts doing weird stuff.....when i try and run the .ost files, it says that it can't find the file that i am trying to run

*sigh*
so there has to be some way that I can make my own installer in DOS, but I've tried looking at msdn and using the KeyCreate stuff or whatever it's called and it always crashes whenever I try and create the key.......

help would be appreciated
thank you

-edit-
typos

Here's how to get the app's exe path: (windows.h and cstring)

Code:

char *pStr, szPath[_MAX_PATH];
GetModuleFileName(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), szPath, _MAX_PATH);
pStr = strrchr(szPath, '\\');
if (pStr != NULL)
    *(++pStr)='\0';

just so you know, i still havent' made my OWN installer, the registries above are taken from that install-MAKING program....

just wanted to clarify that

Originally posted by jverkoey
just so you know, i still havent' made my OWN installer,

need people to test out my installer

Contradiction!

aaarrrk

i meant, i haven't programmed my own installer

i have MADE one, but i didn't PROGRAM it, so i don't have much control over it

Originally posted by jverkoey
aaarrrk

i meant, i haven't programmed my own installer

i have MADE one, but i didn't PROGRAM it, so i don't have much control over it

made one without programming it? How does that compute? Did you boss someone around to make it for you?

Try using <TARGETDIR> instead of %SYSTEMROOT%.

I was bored, so if you want code to preserve the extensions, here ya go.

Code:

void CreateNewKey( char * keyName, HKEY lPredefinedKey ) {

	long hKey;
	unsigned long result;

	RegCreateKeyEx( (HKEY)lPredefinedKey, keyName, 0, "", REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, 0, (HKEY *)&hKey, &result );	

	RegCloseKey( (HKEY)hKey );	

}

void SetKeyValue( char *keyName, char *valueName, BYTE *valueSetting, long valueType, long valueSize ) {

	long hKey;

	RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, keyName, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, (HKEY *)&hKey );

	RegSetValueEx( (HKEY)hKey, valueName, 0, valueType, valueSetting, valueSize );	

	RegCloseKey( (HKEY)hKey );

}

void CreateAssociation( ) {

	char szPath[_MAX_PATH];
	GetModuleFileName(GetModuleHandle( 0 ), szPath, _MAX_PATH);

	// File associations begin with a listing of the default extension under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
	// Time to create one.
	CreateNewKey( ".ost", HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT );
	// Now we tell the registry where to look for commands based on that app
	SetKeyValue( ".ost", "", (BYTE *)("ost_auto_file"), REG_SZ, strlen( "ost_auto_file" ) + 1 );

	// Create the MyApp.Document directory, which is where we will put all commands for the file type
	CreateNewKey( "ost_auto_file\\shell\\open\\command", HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT );
	CreateNewKey( "ost_auto_file\\shell\\edit\\command", HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT );
	// Set its default item to "MyApp Document", which will be displayed in Windows explorer
	SetKeyValue( "ost_auto_file", "", (BYTE *)("OpenScript File"), REG_SZ, strlen( "OpenScript File" ) + 1 );	

	// Append '%1' to ensure that the file is passed as an argument to the program
	strcat( szPath, " %1" );
	SetKeyValue( "ost_auto_file\\shell\\open\\command", "", (BYTE *)szPath, REG_SZ, strlen( szPath ) + 1 );
	SetKeyValue( "ost_auto_file\\shell\\edit\\command", "", (BYTE *)("notepad.exe %1"), REG_SZ, strlen( szPath ) + 1 );

	// Done!

}

You can solve your problems with
http://www.gentee.com/setupgen/index.htm

That's the program I'm using.

Originally posted by Magos
made one without programming it? How does that compute? Did you boss someone around to make it for you?

AAREK, LMAO

ok, i made an installer with an install file creator

and actually, now i have made my own installer, I'm making it so you can specify the drive to install to, the path, and then i'm going to work on my own extraction program to put all the files there

hopin' this'll work, lol