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-- Posted by SilverStyler at 5:30 am on Sep. 24, 2004

Okay, I want to make two files for a cd-rom or cd-rw. The first should autorun at start, which is easily doen through a .ini script with it. But how do it make it so it will open up directory's and/or movies (multiple formats).

The second question is how to make an installation program, preferably done through C++.

Any help on this would be appreciated...


-- Posted by sakurag at 9:14 am on Sep. 24, 2004

Making an install program can be very difficult, as it requires a LOT of work up front, and can be hard to manage.  There are install programs  you can download off the internet, as well as I think Microsoft has one that is available through visual studio.  Other than that, there is InstallShield, among others.  They cost money though.  Writing one yourself is a different story.

If you'd like to do this, take a look into the win32 API as well as a compression format or packaging format you'd like to use to package your files up.


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