How To Build a Setup Program Creating Multiple Groups and Icons

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Step-By-Step

1. Start Microsoft Visual Basic and open the Setup1.vbp project located in the following directory by default:
   

   c:\program files\devstudio\vb\setupkit\setup1\setup1.vbp
   (Modify path information accordingly.)

2. In the Project Explorer window, click to expand the Forms collection.
3. Right-click on the form "frmSetup1" and click View Code.
4. In the Form_Load event, locate the following line of code:
   

      CreateOSLink frmSetup1, strGroupName, gsDest.strAppDir & "My Exe 1.exe",
            "My Exe 1 command-line arguments", "My Exe 1"
   
   						

   NOTE: The line above represents one line of code.
5. The lines of code below demonstrate how an additional group and icon can be created:
   

         'Allows for creation of additional icons
         fAdditionalIcons = True
         'Creates a group entitles "My Group" on the Programs menu
         fCreateShellGroup "My Group", False, True
         'Creates a shortcut in the "My Group" folder, where the target
         'application is test.exe and is entitled "My test exe file"
         CreateOSLink frmSetup1, "My Group", gsDest.strAppDir & "test.exe", _
         "", "My test exe file"
   
   						

6. On the File menu, click Make Setup1.exe. If desired, save the Setup Toolkit project and exit Visual Basic.
7. Use the Setup Wizard as normal to create the application distribution set.