In the next screen, all you need to do is enter a name for the setup script to be saved as. This is so that you can re-compile the setup program when your application changes, without having to re-enter all the settings.
Next, click Finish, and your setup program will be compiled, and then a report will be displayed when the wizard has finished.
Now that your setup program has been created, all you need to do is test it! To do this, go to the folder you specified, and double click on Setup.exe... and your very own setup program will be run.
You can then copy these files onto a floppy disk or other media to distribute your program. Note that you need ALL the files that are generated in the folder. These are usually Setup.exe, Setup.lst, and a number of *.Cab files, depending on the CAB options you specified.
And that's it! Your very own setup program.... made easy by the Package & Deployment Wizard.
After a while, however, you may find that you need capabilities it does not
have. If this is the case, you can...
1) Take a look at, and customize the VB source code of the setup program it
creates. You can find this in %VBInstallPath%WizardsPDWizardSetup1. [It is recommended that you back up this folder first!] Once you have finished your customization, you need to re-run the Package & Deployment Wizard. (Thanks to Vincent Kemp for that)
2) Try another free program, the new Visual Studio
Installer which uses the Windows Installer technology
3) Try a commercial product from InstallShield, or Wise Solutions.
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