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The Setup Wizard in Visual Basic version 3.0 creates SETUP1.EXE that when executed displays a blue background with white letters that say: "<EXE NAME | The Setup Wizard in Visual Basic version 3.0 creates SETUP1.EXE that when executed displays a blue background with white letters that say: "<EXE NAME> Setup," where <EXE NAME> is the name of your application. This article explains how to change that message to something other than the default. | ||
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To change the display of <EXE NAME | To change the display of <EXE NAME>, follow these steps:<br /> | ||
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<li>In the General Declarations section of SETUP1A.FRM, change the value of constant APPNAME:<br /> | <li>In the General Declarations section of SETUP1A.FRM, change the value of constant APPNAME:<br /> | ||
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Const APPNAME = "<Whatever you want to put here | Const APPNAME = "<Whatever you want to put here>"</li> | ||
<li>From the File menu, choose Make EXE to create the file SETUP1.EXE.</li> | <li>From the File menu, choose Make EXE to create the file SETUP1.EXE.</li> | ||
<li>Exit to MS-DOS.</li> | <li>Exit to MS-DOS.</li> |
Revision as of 10:14, 20 July 2020
Article ID: 101743
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q101743
SUMMARY
The Setup Wizard in Visual Basic version 3.0 creates SETUP1.EXE that when executed displays a blue background with white letters that say: "<EXE NAME> Setup," where <EXE NAME> is the name of your application. This article explains how to change that message to something other than the default.
MORE INFORMATION
To change the display of <EXE NAME>, follow these steps:
- Run the Setup Wizard as you normally would to create installation disks.
- Start Visual Basic and load the project SETUP1A.MAK (The Setup Wizard created this project in the C:\VB\SETUPKIT\SETUP1 directory).
- In the General Declarations section of SETUP1A.FRM, change the value of constant APPNAME:
Const APPNAME = "<Whatever you want to put here>" - From the File menu, choose Make EXE to create the file SETUP1.EXE.
- Exit to MS-DOS.
- Copy and compress the file SETUP1.EXE to your distribution disk.
C:\VB\SETUPKIT\KITFILES\COMPRESS -r SETUP1.EXE A:\
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Keywords: KB101743