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Package & Deployment Wizard - Included Files

Included Files

The next screen lists all the files that the Package & Deployment Wizard thinks your program needs.

If there are other components needed that the Wizard has not detected, you can click Add. You can also use this to add help files or a readme.txt file for your application.

You can also uncheck some items so that they are not included in the setup program. Bear in mind, however, that if you don't include them, your application may not successfully run.

If you want to know what each item does, the most common items are explained below. You can skip this part if you aren't interested!

*.exe - Your application!

Setup.exe - The setup program that will be generated.

Setup1.exe - Another generated program. This is copied to the hard disk of the target computer and then executed, which allows your setup files to span multiple disks.

St6Unst.exe - This program will allow your application to be uninstalled.

VB6 Runtime and OLE Automation - These files (msvbvm60.dll and xxxx.dll) are required for all VB applications to run. In some cases, you might decide not to include these, if you know that you users already have this installed. If you are distributing your program over the internet, you might also ask users to download these files from http://ftp.microsoft.com/dsgsash if they need them, which would reduce your setup programs size by almost 1MB.

VB6StKit.dll - This DLL contains functions required by the generated setup program. (Required)

MSComCtl32.ocx - This is included if your application uses the Microsoft Common Controls.

RichTxt32.ocx and RichTxt32.dll - Required if your application uses the RichTextBox

Note that if you use the WebBrowser control, no files are included. This is because the control needs Internet Explorer installed to work - if it is installed, the control will work. If IE isn't installed the control won't work until it is! (This is one of the conditions for using the WebBrowser control)

Click next to go to the next screen.

James first started writing tutorials on Visual Basic in 1999 whilst starting this website (then known as VB Web). Since then, the site has grown rapidly, and James has written numerous tutorials, articles and reviews on VB, PHP, ASP and C#. In October 2003, James formed the company Developer Fusion Ltd, which owns this website, and also offers various development services. In his spare time, he's a 3rd year undergraduate studying Computer Science in the UK. He's also a Visual Basic MVP.

Comments

  • Re: related to package installation

    Posted by Suresh P on 28 Aug 2007

    Hello


          Open the  folder(Package folder) where .exe file is available..


          There one setup file is available ...

  • Re: [27] Package & Deployment Wizard

    Posted by Thushan Fernando on 08 Apr 2006

    I keep seeing people post on the forums about P&D issues, P&D
    Wizard was great when VB6 first arrived (around 98) but after Microsoft
    invested in MSI (Windows Installer) P&D was pointles...

  • Posted by buffbuh on 03 Feb 2006

    No problem, Sallen. I'd be happy to help out if I can. I remember looking a while for answers for a while and finally gave up. Let me know if you found a legitimate solution. Good luck!

    Bryan

  • Posted by sallen on 03 Feb 2006

    Thanks Bryan. I'm going to have to do some research and recommend to my team what we do to resolve the issue. We've been talking about going to a different PDW for quite some time and as you say thi...

  • Wish I could help

    Posted by buffbuh on 03 Feb 2006

    SALLEN,

    I don't think I ever found a solution. But read on if you want an alternative solution.

    I decided I wanted a more professional software installation package anyways, that offered more...