azarian@hpcc01.HP.COM (Randy Azarian) (03/09/91)
I am a novice programmer to Windows, so I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I need to write an installation program for a Windows program that already exists. Because I want to install the program's icon under Program Manager, I have elected to make the installation program, itself, a Windows program (as opposed to a DOS installation program). As I see it, the first step I need to overcome is to programmatically copy a file from a floppy drive to the hard disk. Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I may begin? -Thanks-
spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) (03/10/91)
In article <24650003@hpcc01.HP.COM> azarian@hpcc01.HP.COM (Randy Azarian) writes: >I am a novice programmer to Windows, so I hope someone can point me in the >right direction. > >I need to write an installation program for a Windows program that already >exists. Because I want to install the program's icon under Program Manager, >I have elected to make the installation program, itself, a Windows program >(as opposed to a DOS installation program). As I see it, the first step I >need to overcome is to programmatically copy a file from a floppy drive to the >hard disk. Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I may begin? > >-Thanks- This just came up. The answer is that Microsoft has a product called the "Windows Developer's Notes" for $20. It includes a disk with the source code to some installation routines, including a function to copy files (with a progress indicator) and a function to communicate with the Program Manager via DDE to install new items. You can order this directly by calling Microsoft. I suspect that this source code might be on Microsoft Online if you are a billionaire and you can afford that. -- Joel Spolsky // And these streets, Quiet as a sleeping army spolsky@cs.yale.edu // Send their battered dreams to heaven. _Paul Simon