setup builder Feature?

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I was installing a fresh install and noticed there were files in a backup
subdirectory file.0001, etc.. I realized that these were files that were
getting installed twice (because I had completely deleted my destination
folder). I found a couple of runtime dll's that I was installing from 2
different places... which allowed me to fix the install...

I have one question and one request.

First, does setup builder actually have both of the files (duplicates) in
the final install making my install bigger?

and it sure would be great if there was a report that would show me I am
installing the same file twice... especially if the final install file
includes the same files twice.

Thank you,

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Ray Rippey
VMT Software - http://www.vmtsoft.com

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> First, does setup builder actually have both of the files (duplicates) in
> the final install making my install bigger?

Ray,

AFAIK if you install the same file from two different locations,
SetupBuilder would see that as two different resources and therefore
include it twice.

C:\DirOne\Mydll.dll

and

C:\DirTwo\Mydll.dll

are two different resources.

For all that SetupBuilder knows - you could be installing them into two
different locations on the target machine.


;-)

Charles

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Ray,

Here are two important areas to check for duplicate files:

Script Editor - Install files (great area to delete duplicate files as
well)

SetupBuilder 6.6 - Build Report (a very nice report html file located in
the same folder and same name as your install exe).

If you just copy a previous SB - save as - you can easily end up with
duplicate files - correct this in Script Editor - Install files

I am attaching some screen shots to more vividly point out these areas.

David


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Ok... that's what I thought, and it makes perfect sense. I actually have
files with the same name that are from different folders that go into
different folders.

What I would really like to see it a list of all the files in some sort of
delimited file, excel, whatever that I can use to check my files and make
sure there are no duplicates... or be able to sort by any of the headers you
have in the html report you have.... which is nice, but I'm a programmer and
always want a file I can import or access easily.... you know the type?

I really just want to (for now) sort by the filename so I can browse and
look for duplicates and see where they're coming from. I get my files from
several different folders... I thought perhaps I could import your html file
into a file I can sort with... but if the data is already right there for
you... perhaps it's easier for you.

That being said... finding the duplicate files in the backup folder really
helped.

Thanks again,

Ray