Installation package too big?

Hi,

I have built a small util in VB6 and have used the Package & Deployment wizard to build an installer to install all the runtime files etc..

The actual VB app is 50k, so its very portable.

When i used the Package & Deployment wizard to create the CAB the end result was over 20 meg!

Surely my application doesn't need all those DLL's? Is there a way of just including the needy files, or any other way of making that 20meg MUCH smaller?

The audience i will be distro'ing this to are still on low-bandwidth connections so 20meg is far to big.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks

Hi,
PDW creates a package of not less than the size of what you have mentioned.
To get the required files, note down the required files from the PDW. and use any third party Setup creator or make a new setup creator.

regards,
sidhu

Try out InnoSetup www.innosetup.com

Great!

I have downloaded Inno and it works great, what a superb, easy to use FREE product!!

Ok i have scribbled down the names of the files i need, they are:

MSDERUN.DLL
MSCOMCTL.OTX
MSADO20.TLB
COMDLG32.OCX

There is also a file called "MDAC_TYP.EXE" it says this file is optional.

My application is ONLY designed to run on NT, 2K & XP, so my question is; IS this needed for these systems or does it come pre-installed?

Any thoughts would be great.

Thanks :)

I have decided to offer MDAC_TYP.EXE as an additional download, it saves 8 meg of download when most of users prob already have the right DAC.

So I have compiled my list of required files, now where do they live? I did a search on my box and some files were in strange places. Is there a difinitive list of where the above files live?

Thanks in advance. :)

COMDLG32.OCX and MSCOMCTL.OCX should both be in your System32 directory.
MSADO20.TLB should be in Program Files\Common Files\system\ado
MSDERUN.DLL should be in Program Files\Common Files\designer

:)