This site is no longer active and is available for archival purposes only. Registration and login is disabled.

ezsetup and patched files


ezsetup and patched files

Postby ppcStudios » Nov 6, 2003 @ 4:56am

I've created a German language pack for our Warlords II application which installs a number of files modified for German and updates a registry setting.

Everything works perfectly when installing to main memory - the 'patched' files are copied into the original installation location, and a new uninstall registration is made for the language pack.

But, when installing to a storage card the 'patched' files are copied into their own directory structure rather than the storage card location for the original game. This forces the user to manually copy the new files into the game.

Now, I can get the 'patched' files to install to the correct installation location on the storage card by modifying the .inf file, but this ends up changing the uninstall database so that uninstalling Warlords II only removes the files installed by the language pack.

Is there a way to specifically tell ezsetup not to alter the uninstall information? Or is there some typical way of setting up the .inf/.ini files for a patch update rather than a full install?

So, what I'm striving for is an installation that will install the 'patched' files to the original installation location (be it in main memory or on a storage card) and not alter the uninstall information from the original install.
G.R. Moore
President/CEO
Pocket PC Studios
www.ppcstudios.com

Image
User avatar
ppcStudios
pm Insider
 
Posts: 744
Joined: Aug 23, 2002 @ 3:53pm
Location: Canfield, Ohio


Postby superman » Nov 6, 2003 @ 5:29am

"Kittens give Morbo gas." - Morbo the News Monster
User avatar
superman
pm Member
 
Posts: 99
Joined: Nov 3, 2001 @ 1:09am


Postby ppcStudios » Nov 6, 2003 @ 12:08pm

G.R. Moore
President/CEO
Pocket PC Studios
www.ppcstudios.com

Image
User avatar
ppcStudios
pm Insider
 
Posts: 744
Joined: Aug 23, 2002 @ 3:53pm
Location: Canfield, Ohio


Return to Windows Mobile


Sort


Forum Description

A discussion forum for mobile device developers on the Windows Mobile platform. Any platform specific topics are welcome.

Moderators:

Dan East, sponge, Digby, David Horn, Kevin Gelso, RICoder

Forum permissions

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

cron