Thanks for the help I did not know it was that easy a procedure.

Cordially,

Fredrick J. Krantz


----- Original Message -----
From: liju thomas <lthomas@e...>
To: professional vb <pro_vb@p...>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 2:51 AM
Subject: [pro_vb] Re: installing an application and updating the registry


> Hi,
>
> Follow below steps...
>
> (1) Create the required .reg files. Hope your development
>     machine is having the required registry entries that you
>     want in users machines. Execute REGEDIT.EXE and select
>     the entries that you want to be registered and export it
>     to a .reg file, using the menu Registry/Export Registry File.
>
> (2) In Package and Deployment, in Include Files screen use the
>     Add button to add this exported .reg file.
>
> (3) Once you include .reg file, when you press next button it
>     will take you to Registry Information Screen, make sure
>     the Update Resistry Value is YES and Copy File is NO.
>
> (4) Complete the creation of Setup program. Now when you
>     run this setup.exe , it will execute the .reg file and
>     create the registry entries in user machines.
>
>
> Liju
>
>
>
> > Anyone know how to perform the registry additions for when you created a
> > vb program and want to limit the program by requiring the application
> with
> > a required registration # in the registry.
> >
> > How would I perform this operation while installing it when the person
> is
> > freshly installing it on their PC.  remember when you initially click
> the
> > setup.exe program it installs then when finished asks to reboot the
> > operating system to update the registry items.  How do i program this
> in.
> > I am planning to distribute the programs to use an installation to
> require
> > a registration ID # for access to run the program.