| Title: | Microsoft Visual Basic |
| Moderator: | TAMARA::DFEDOR::fedor |
| Created: | Thu May 02 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2565 |
| Total number of notes: | 10453 |
I am new to Visual Basic and I am trying to create a setup wizard similar to the one used when installing Windows NT. I want to know how to create a template form (with Back, Next, Exit command buttons and so on) that I can use as a basis for all my other forms. This would mean that I could change the look/format of all the forms by just changing the template one. Is it possible to do this with Visual Basic? I have read through previous notes which touch on this subject, but none of them say if it definitely can/can't be done, and if it can, how to go about it. I would have thought that this would be a common task in VB but I can't see it mentioned in the manual. (I'm using VB v4 on an Alpha with NT) Any help greatly appreciated, Shaun
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| 2525.1 | EVTSG8::TOWERS | Tue Apr 01 1997 07:48 | 12 | ||
Two points:
1) It sounds like what you want is inheritance. This isn't implemented
in VB4. If you want this then you have to do it by hand.
2) If all you really want to do is generate a setup kit then VB4 comes
complete with a setup wizard for creating your own kits. It's not
bad as far as it goes but you might, in the long run like to try
something more sophisticated like InstallShield or Wise.
Cheers,
Brian
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