Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!fernwood!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!ultb!cms2839 From: cms2839@isc.rit.edu (a.stranger) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: Self installing Message-ID: <1991May7.034100.25265@isc.rit.edu> Date: 7 May 91 03:41:00 GMT References: <5609@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi> Organization: RIoT Lines: 18 In article <5609@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi> aku@tik.vtt.fi (Arto Kujala) writes: > > >Is there a easy way to make own win3-applications self-installing. > >I mean: one DOS-command copies files from floppies, associates documents and creates a program item icon? > >Copying is easy to do, but how about the icon&associating? icons : send a DDE message to PM . this was covered by Petzold in PC Mag a while back . associating : edit WIN.INI . it may be possible to do this via DDE ; i dunno . -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ "Imagination keeps the shadows away - Xymox @ @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ @ a.stranger - CMS2839@ritvax.isc.rit.edu @