>I'm trying to write a small installer stack for Windows deployment.
>The aim is to build a self-expander using the WinZip utility. This
>allows you to include a command that will be executed once files have
>been copied to the default temp directory. Such self-expanders do
>the following:
>
>1) unpack all contained files into the temp directory (as defined by $TEMP)
>2) execute specified setup command line (e.g. "mc installer.mc")
>3) delete all the unpacked files from the temp directory
>
>For a variety of reasons, I want to distribute the MC player and *.mc
>files rather than standalone *.exe files. What I hope to achieve is
>an installer stack that does the following:
>
>1) copy my app files to a new directory "C:\MyApp" say
>2) copy MC player files to a new directory "C:\MetaCard Player" say
>3) set up the Windows Registry keys to recognise *.mc files as MetaCard stacks
>
>Given that I need to run the temp directory copy of MC to execute my
>installer stack, I can't use the 'rename' command' to "move" the
>player from the temp directory to its intended location (as the file
>is in use at the time). I had hoped to 'copy' the MC player and
>mctools.mc from the temp directory into a "C:\MetaCard Player"
>directory. However, I can't find a 'copy file' command?! It seems I
>can create files, delete them, move/rename them, but I can't copy
Try *put url "binfile: C:/MetaCard Player" into url
"binfile:C:/dir/MetaCard Player2" or you may have to use a variable in
between.
>them.
>
>Any bright ideas, or am I missing the obvious!?
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter
Regards, Andu
