How to Modify the FoxPro Distribution Kit Setup Wizard

 Last reviewed: December 2, 1996
Article ID: Q121307
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5x, 2.6, 2.6a

SUMMARY

Modifications of the FoxPro SETUP.PJX file (Setup Wizard) are not supported by the FoxPro Product Support Services team; however, this file can be modified using the Microsoft Setup Toolkit, which is available as part of the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK). The Microsoft Setup Toolkit does not ship with the FoxPro Distribution Kit (DK).

If you open the SETUP.PJX file and go to Procedure: MAKEINF, you will see that the SETUP.INF file is created completely by using FoxPro code. The properties of the Setup application are controlled by the SETUP.INF file. To make the FoxPro SETUP.APP application (Setup Wizard) operate differently, you will probably need to modify this section of code. To understand what might need to be changed in MAKEINF, you need to study the Setup Toolkit.

The Setup Toolkit is part of the Windows SDK. The learning curve for the toolkit is a bit steep. It is not an end-user product and requires specific knowledge of Windows setup issues. Most of these difficulties can be worked around without much trouble. The toolkit itself is very extensible and it is actually quite easy to put together a small-to-medium sized installation project once you're familiar with the tools.

MORE INFORMATION

The Microsoft Setup Toolkit, included with version 3.1 of the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK), is documented in the "Setup Toolkit for Windows" manual, also included with the SDK. Although this book provides a great deal of reference information about the setup tools, it does not provide a tutorial that explains how to use the tools.

SETTLKIT is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that contains a text file that describes using the Setup Toolkit and a set of exercises that build a simple set of installation disks.

For information about how to download this file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q90435
   TITLE     : Windows Setup Toolkit Tutorial Available for Download

Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 2.60a add icons
change setup setupwizard ms-setup
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: FxtoolDk

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Last reviewed: December 2, 1996
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