Dude,
If you write a program with MC then you can write your own installer!
here's the autorun.inf file you put at the root of your cdrom
[autorun]
OPEN=INSTALL.BAT
ICON=project.ico
To copy files, run a hidden DOS shell window!
install.bat
REM GRP:Proj.Lim
REM Cat:Limbu
REM Object: Limbu INSTALLER
REM Author: Xavier Bury
REM Version: 1.0
REM Modified: 20001602
REM Created: 20001602
ECHO OFF
if EXIST c:\myproject\ goto Update
echo Installation du Tarif Limbu en cours
xcopy .\myproject\*.* c:\myproject\ /v /s /e
if errorlevel 4 goto ErrorMemory
if errorlevel 2 goto ErrorCancelled
if errorlevel 0 goto endinstall
goto unlockfiles
:Update
echo Mise a jour de fichier en cours
copy .\myproject\*.* c:\myproject\ /v
if errorlevel 4 goto ErrorMemory
if errorlevel 2 goto ErrorCancelled
if errorlevel 0 goto endinstall
goto unlockfiles
:ErrorMemory
echo Not enough memory
goto endinstall
:ErrorCancelled
echo User aborted
goto endinstall
:unlockfiles
ATTRIB -r c:\myproject\*.* /S
:endinstall
exit
or...
have MC read the file, then write the file elsewhere!
Whichever it is, it shouldn't be hard to adapt to NT, changing drives,
editing autoexe.bat, etc...
The only MetaCard documentation you will ever need while scripting is the
index in the help menu of the mctool bar. Type object, property or function
to start with! Check out also open, write, directory, shell, etc... It's the
best reference for MC. There's more help pages at xworlds.com too! soon at
runrev.com i guess... The site is looking cooler at each change!
hope it helps before it's obsolete!
X going OS!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 5:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Installers
>
>
>
> This is a bit off topic but I know many MetaCard developers have
> to address this issue.
>
> I have been using PC-Install to install my MC program from a CD.
> I have been unhappy with it in that the documentation leaves a
> LOT to be desired, and some commands just don't seem to work.
> Now, it bombs whenever I try to run Version 7. I wanted to
> download the software and reinstall it but I find that the
> original company 20-20 Software is no longer there and Symantec
> now has the product and it is discontinued. Thus I am looking
> for a new installer.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> My requirements are: 1) priced around $300 or lower, 2) no
> royalty fees, 3) installs to Windows 95/98/NT and preferably
> 2000, 4) reliable and straightforward to use.
>
> Any suggestions would be most helpful.
>
> Philip Chumbley
>
> Dr. Philip E. Chumbley, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., 1251 Frontenac
> Road, Naperville, IL 60563
>
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