Creating a delphi program to autoinstall other programs?

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Creating a delphi program to autoinstall other programs?

Jul 20th, 2005

Hi

I am trying to create a delphi program to autoinstall other multiple utilities such as adobe reader, winamp etc. I am firstly wondering how to execute an external exe file. and also, is there a way to pass mouse clicks through delphi to this external program?

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Re: Creating a delphi program to autoinstall other programs?

Aug 16th, 2005

Hi,
I have an answer to 'how to execute an external exe file'.

Under 'implementation' and before your first procedure type in 'uses ShellAPI;'

After typing that in, add the following code to one of your procedures:

ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', 'type in the directory of your file e.g. c:\test.txt', nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Hope that helps