hi everybody,

we finished a large java program as a term project. we are going to demo it under win98. now we need a installation program, which can do the following things:
1. create a directory in C:
2. copy files from diskettes to C:, which includes the executable program to install java platform to the windows and the classes of our program.
3. create a program group
4. create an icon within the group and associate it to our program
we were thinking of writing a .bat file to achieve these, but don't know how. is there anybody have any ideas how to do it? thanks in advance.

yu

Why not do as you said but instead of creating a program group just create a shortcut to the executable on the desktop?

You could change the shortcut properties to
get the right window size etc

why not use InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6 i think you can find a demo somewhere i use visual studio 6 to do all my work
you can also make a batch file to do it do, but i prefer installshield it gives a more proffessional appearance

you could make a .bat file. just use the 'copy' command. i am not sure how to assosiate an icon w/ it though.

btw, if they dont use C: as the default, i recommend using %HOMEDRIVE% (ie: copy *.* %HOMEDRIVE%\ProgramName\)