Fileinstall?

[mikeylikesit]

i am working on a program, that will "brand" our version of windows. (it adds a custom to logo to the computer properties)

this is what i have

FileInstall("oemlogo.bmp", "C:\WINDOWS\system32")

FileInstall("oeminfo.ini", "C:\WINDOWS\system32")

The problem is that i have to keep the exe in the a folder with the rest .bmp and the .ini file. I would like to have it be a single .exe file.

i was trying to use fileinstall but it did not seemed to work even after i had it compiled. I guess i am asking if there is a way to compile all into a .exe.

Any Help would be good.

[The Kandie Man]

You have to use full filepaths:

Fileinstall("C:\My Projects\oemlogo.bmp",@SystemDir  & "\oemlogo.bmp")
FileInstall("C:\My Projects\oeminfo.ini", @SystemDir & "\oeminfo.ini")

Look at FileInstall() in the help file for an example and more information. The first parameter must be a literal string(that means no variables). The second parameter can have variables and as you can see i replaced "C:\WINDOWS\system32\" with @SystemDir because @SystemDir will always be a full path to the user's system32 folder, regardless of what windows OS they are using or what drive they have the original OS installed on.

[Danny35d]

FileInstall( "source", "dest" [, flag]) right from the help file.

dest = The destination path of the file with trailing backslash if only the directory is used.

FileInstall("oemlogo.bmp", @SystemDir & "\")

FileInstall("oeminfo.ini", @SystemDir & "\")

Note:

Be sure oemlogo.bmp and oeminfo.ini are in the same folder as your script before compile it.

Edited February 19, 2007 by Danny35d