Hi Shawn, I have Inno setup. Its a great program. So far I made only simple setups, need to study further on that.
I know "PDW" creates setup.lst, which is definitely editable. I was thinking, if I could add any line to do this job or not. Thanks for your co-operation. Shahidul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn K. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:11 PM Subject: RE: [vbhelp] Creating Desktop icon/shortcut > > Hi Shahidul, > > > I have made a program which is ready for deployment. I am > > using VS package & deployment wiz. to create a setup file, > > which doesnt create any desktop icon/shortcut. > > The PDW *can* create shortcuts, but you'll need to edit the source > to do so. Since you're going to have to go that route, may I suggest > either using a real installer (nsis or inno setup) or using the > excellent nifty typelibs from HardcoreVB that provide automation of > shortcut creation. There are also som less simple (but more vb-code > direct) methods of doing this, samples on http://vbnet.mvps.org/ > > Regards, > > Shawn K. Hall > http://12PointDesign.com/ > http://ReliableAnswers.com/ > > '// ======================================================== > Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. > -- Henry David Thoreau > > > > > > '// ======================================================= > Rules : http://ReliableAnswers.com/List/Rules.asp > Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vbHelp/ > ====================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 10/02/2005 '// ======================================================= Rules : http://ReliableAnswers.com/List/Rules.asp Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vbHelp/ ======================================================= Post : [email protected] Join : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave : [EMAIL PROTECTED] '// ======================================================= Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vbhelp/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
