How to create a CD-ROM setup disk with the VFP 6.0 Setup Wizard (289904)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q289904

SUMMARY

Although a CD-ROM is not a media option in the Setup Wizard, you can create a CD-ROM setup disk to install your Visual FoxPro application.

MORE INFORMATION

The Visual FoxPro Setup Wizard does not support creating CDs. However, you can create a Netsetup file and place this on a CD. Note that creating a CD using the Visual FoxPro Setup Wizard is not supported by Microsoft.

To create a CD to install your application, follow these steps:
  1. Create a new folder and name it Mysource. Create your executable file and place it along with any other files, such as data files, in the Mysource folder.
  2. Create a destination folder and name it CDROM (this is used in step 3 of the Setup Wizard).
  3. Start the Setup Wizard. In step 1 of the wizard, point to the distribution files.
  4. In step 2, choose your options as needed.
  5. In step 3, for Disks images folder, select CDROM, and for Disk images, select Netsetup (uncompressed).
  6. Continue through the remaining steps. In step 7, click Finish.
  7. Use your CD-ROM creation software to write the contents of the Netsetup folder to the CD that you are making.
After you have performed these steps, the users can insert the CD on their computers, browse to the Setup.exe file, and double-click the file to begin the setup process.

REFERENCES

For additional information on how to make your CD start automatically, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

172078 How To Enable Autorun for Applications Distributed on CD-ROM

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/25/2005
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