ADT2: Creating Custom Setup That Does Not Create Program Group

• Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0

SUMMARY

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

This article describes how to create a custom Setup program with the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit (ADT) that will not create a program group for your custom application.

NOTE: In Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit for Windows 95, to create an application that will not create a program group for the custom application, do not create any short cuts.

MORE INFORMATION

The following steps demonstrate how to create a custom Setup program that will not create a program group for your custom application.

NOTE: These steps demonstrate making changes to the SETUP.STF file. Modifications to this file are not supported by Microsoft. Microsoft provides this information "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

1. Run the Setup Wizard as usual to create Setup disks for your application. Make sure to select the Show In Program Manager Group and Run With MSARN200 check boxes when you select your application.

2. Once the Setup disks are created, make a backup copy of the SETUP.STF file on Disk 1.

3. Open the SETUP.STF file in a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel. SETUP.STF is a tab-delimited file.

4. Search column C for the following entry:

         ---- User Non File Work ----
   

   This entry should be near the bottom of the column.

5. Remove the first Object ID number in column F of the same row. That number should correspond to the "---- User ProgMan Items ----" entry. Note that there may be multiple Object ID numbers in the cell. Remove only the first number.

6. Save the file. Make sure to save it in tab-delimited format.

7. Run the custom Setup program. Note that no program group is created.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit "Advanced Topics," version 2.0, Chapter 2, "Creating a Custom Setup Program," pages 19-37