VB setup/deployment

boohiss · 2nd October 2005, 15:10

I have never created a VB app setup/deployment before, but the Package & Deployment Wizard seems very lacking in features that I need, and NSIS seems like a very popular and well supported product.

So now my problem is that I have no idea where to start with NSIS. I know that my program is using some DLLs (including DAO) and some ActiveX OCXs. I *think* I know which ones I'm using, but I'm afraid that I'll miss one. Dependancy Walker is overloading me with information--I have no idea what I'm looking at.

Then what do I do? I noticed a couple of handy looking programs on the NSIS Wiki, but both are no longer for download (Quick Deployment Wizard 1.0 and some other .LST to .NSI program). I guess I would like to get my hands on either of those if anyone has them.

Otherwise, assume I'm a complete "M$" dunce of a developer (I have read the NSIS docs and wiki though). I have a VB app and I want to make a NSIS setup package. Where do I start?

kichik · 3rd October 2005, 12:37

I've added a link the zip file of vbconvert.zip:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/wiki/Con...to_nsis_script

It was actually already uploaded, but not linked.

2nd October 2005, 15:10	#1
boohiss Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	VB setup/deployment I have never created a VB app setup/deployment before, but the Package & Deployment Wizard seems very lacking in features that I need, and NSIS seems like a very popular and well supported product. So now my problem is that I have no idea where to start with NSIS. I know that my program is using some DLLs (including DAO) and some ActiveX OCXs. I think I know which ones I'm using, but I'm afraid that I'll miss one. Dependancy Walker is overloading me with information--I have no idea what I'm looking at. Then what do I do? I noticed a couple of handy looking programs on the NSIS Wiki, but both are no longer for download (Quick Deployment Wizard 1.0 and some other .LST to .NSI program). I guess I would like to get my hands on either of those if anyone has them. Otherwise, assume I'm a complete "M$" dunce of a developer (I have read the NSIS docs and wiki though). I have a VB app and I want to make a NSIS setup package. Where do I start?

3rd October 2005, 12:37	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,337	I've added a link the zip file of vbconvert.zip: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/wiki/Con...to_nsis_script It was actually already uploaded, but not linked. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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