ralphy
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I have a program with three different versions for three different screen resolutions. I begin the autorun on the cd with a getscreenres program adapted from the example on vb-world written in vb6. then the user is asked to pick the setup according to the screen resolution. I have three buttons. each of the buttons is supposed to shell to the correct setup. On the root dirrectory of the cd I have the autorun.inf file, the getscreenres.exe file and the three directories 14, 17, 19 each containing the setup for each version. I use the following code for each button:
Dim x
x = Shell(App.Path + "\14\setup.exe", 1)
I get a file not found.
The three setup versions are all written in VB4 16 bit, but i don't think this should cause a problem. It must be my shell directory structure.
Dim x
x = Shell(App.Path + "\14\setup.exe", 1)
I get a file not found.
The three setup versions are all written in VB4 16 bit, but i don't think this should cause a problem. It must be my shell directory structure.
When testing Setup programs I always start esting on a CDRW or in a folder on the hard disk.
In the save folder as the exe files I locake a file "DEBUG" with a length >0.
So in my code I would say:
DebugMode = Len(Dir(App.Path + "\Debug")) > 0
If DebugMode then
' here you will see what yo are realy tring to run.
Msgbox "Shell to: " + App.Path + "\14\setup.exe",Vbinformat
end if
x = Shell(App.Path + "\14\setup.exe", 1)
Hope this helps.
In the save folder as the exe files I locake a file "DEBUG" with a length >0.
So in my code I would say:
DebugMode = Len(Dir(App.Path + "\Debug")) > 0
If DebugMode then
' here you will see what yo are realy tring to run.
Msgbox "Shell to: " + App.Path + "\14\setup.exe",Vbinformat
end if
x = Shell(App.Path + "\14\setup.exe", 1)
Hope this helps.
Two matters:
dim x
replace with :
dim x as long
*************
x = Shell(App.Path + "\14\setup.exe", 1)
replace with
x = Shell(App.Path & "\14\setup.exe", 1)
Cheers
dim x
replace with :
dim x as long
*************
x = Shell(App.Path + "\14\setup.exe", 1)
replace with
x = Shell(App.Path & "\14\setup.exe", 1)
Cheers
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Glass has a nice idea!
But take care that if it is not root, the resulting string could be:
"D:\some_path14\setup.exe"
Doing a check before continue could be better.
But take care that if it is not root, the resulting string could be:
"D:\some_path14\setup.exe"
Doing a check before continue could be better.
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I figured it would be something simple.
Thanks a lot
ralphy
Thanks a lot
ralphy
Hi!
Thanks for the grade. Anyway, here's a little piece of code for you to eliminate this error:
Dim Filepath As String
Filepath = "myfolder\myfile.dat"
If Len(App.Path) = 3 Then Filepath = App.Path & Filepath Else Filepath = App.Path & "\" & Filepath
That's it!
glass cookie : )
Thanks for the grade. Anyway, here's a little piece of code for you to eliminate this error:
Dim Filepath As String
Filepath = "myfolder\myfile.dat"
If Len(App.Path) = 3 Then Filepath = App.Path & Filepath Else Filepath = App.Path & "\" & Filepath
That's it!
glass cookie : )
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So your app is running in a sub folder on the CD.
If this is the case try this code:
x = Shell(Left(App.Path,2) + "\14\setup.exe", 1)
If folder "14" is a sub folder from the initial exe file then the problem lies in another place.