Astalavista Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 (edited) Hello,I found this pic from this posthere is the original threadGuys lets get this thing rolling. I am sure it would so very useful for a great no. of peopleI have tried contacting the author but no luck.correction the author is IceManRDI have a basic knowledge of programming. But i would appreciate it if more highlytechnical people can assist in figure out how he did this application tool.according to him it is a msi file, and he used wise installer to create it.Thank you Edited September 9, 2004 by Astalavista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolical82 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Awesome! Wondering if it'll let me add custom apps if it's not listed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahanix Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 (Sorry if I'm bumping an old topic)A lot of OEM's use those for Application Recovery CD'sI remember our old HP did thatI suppose, you could use Flash and the fscommand to run the installers if you didn't know how to code a basic program.....(I'm taking a C++ course in school right now... I might learn something ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayOK Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I can do Visual Basic 6 programming.I'm pretty sure the runtimes are included in Windows XP. (no ocx's needed. would be done by api if any special features are wanted) The program I would make would have an interface just like that, or better. The programs there could be stored in an .ini file and read when started. It could also time out to the defaults after a certain amount of time. Let me know if anyone wants a program like this and I could create it. Without thinking much, , here is what I guess the .ini file would look like:------------------[Personal]Title=RayOK's ProgramsTimeout=300 (seconds)ProgramFolder=C:\install[Program1]Name=Adobe Reader 6.0.1String=Adobe\AR601.msi /qn[Program2]Name=Java 1.4.2_04String=JAVA\Java142_04.exe /s /v /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL IEXPLORER=1 MOZILLA=1 REBOOT=Suppress JAVAUPDATE=0[Program3]......---------------------Anyway.. It could work something like that. Let me know if this would be received well by the community (to warrant making it) and if there are any features that would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AznStyl Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 you got my vote ... look easy enuff for a newbie like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Dude!can u have it ready in like a couple of mins? just kidding.man u must be really good at programming.pls pls pls. share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolical82 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I'll be watching this thread too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a06lp Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 RayOK - is this plan to create an auto-loading software selection menu for installation after winxp installs? Is it planned to be similar to WPI? What differences/advantages would your program have over WPI?And while I'm at it, could you include some of the features I like about WPI - tooltips, default selections.Thanks![edit] Just in case you don't know, WPI:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=11491&st=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 While I'm not questioning the usefulness of this program, I do wonder what exactly its purpose would be in an unattended environment. The best use I could see for something like this would be for driver installation. Imagine having this program pop up and you check the boxes for the hardware on the system and the appropriate installer launches. It would be really nice given that many drivers don't like to be installed straight from an INF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayOK Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 WPI seems just like the above program except with an XP look. All it takes to do the XP look in VB6 is a background picture. (.bmp, .jpg, .gif) There could be one built into the program as default and if there is a certain named one in the same folder as the program, it could use that one. Same thing with the buttons.As for default selections, that would be as a setting in the .ini. Something like:[Program1]Name=Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3String=Firefox\InstallFirefox.exeDeafult=YesThe basic Windows tooltips are also easily possible with VB6.I'm not sure about when it would be able to run but I guess after XP is done installing and logged onto whatever account. (so the VB6 runtime would be there).For now, the only hard part, would be how everything installs after the final button is clicked. I could have the program launch each one and fill in some kind of progress bar but Im not sure if it would wait for the previous one. Would have to research that if I make this program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 I am already salivating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Hmmm. It seems someone's trying to do exactly what XPlode is doing.Spose it'll make me get off my arse and finish XPlode2 off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayOK Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Thats just the thing.. Why make this program when others do the same thing? Is there anything out there now that doesn't or won't have what I would make? Maybe someone could list out the other post-install programs easily available and justify why I should make what might be called "XPost Installer". Maybe someone has a better idea for the name too? As for waiting for other programs to finish before the next continues, I browsed through some API functions and now know I can definitely do that. Maybe even have an option to kill a screen at the end of install. (API is basically using the existing Windows .dll files to make things happen, like executing commands and killing processes. You can browse through them here if you're wondering about what they can do), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metzen Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 AutoIt GUI?Someone here made a limited GUI creation tool which follows the AutoIt v3 syntax and can send console commands to applications (@comspec setup.exe -s -f1\\blah\blah\setup.iss)...See below for a screen shot of the creation environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Rayok... you can do it dude! u can u do it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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