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From: dll@sirius.cc.utexas.edu (Don Loflin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Creating Progman groups & icons
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Date: 4 Apr 91 19:24:36 GMT
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This got cut off the first time, here it is again:

 
I need a way of creating Program Manager icons and groups from
a batch file, as in when installing software.  I want my installation
program to create an icon in an existing group, or at least create
a new group, and then I can then copy a premade .grp file to fake the
icon creation.  The latter isn't really satisfactory, since I can't
use the same group again (without overwriting existing icons), and
I'll end up with umpteen groups after a few installs.
 
It's not an option to run Windows in this situation, so a Windows 'install'
application won't do the trick.  I need some sort of DOS application which
can create icons in a Windows .grp file?  Anyone already invented this
wheel?   Or, where could I find info on the group file format?



Don Loflin
Computation Center
Univ. of Texas at Austin
dll@emx.utexas.edu