Help Me

[drummernath]

hi, i have recently finished my first piece of software called paypal desktop, but im having a problem, if i create a setup for it and say install it to program files, and then run my software, it seems to be unsure where any of the resource files are like flash, images and also its unable to create files, if you have a spare moment could you help me, its really frustrating because its finalised and i cant distribute it if nobody can install it other than the desktop which is about the only place it seems to be able to read the resource files from, thanks for you time and help, it is greatly appreciated.

[IdeasVacuum]

Well, there's not much meat in your info for anyone to know what is going wrong. How is the Setup performed? With Setup Factory? Once installed, are the files in all the right places? What operating systems have you tried your install on? Vista for example will only allow a User with Administrator status to change files in system folders such as Program Files....

[drummernath]

ok, windows 7 is the platform it has been developed on, basically the problem is that when i run the application, the images and other resources dont show even though they are in the correct directorys, do you think it could be a coding issue as in should i have used "_sourcefolder" when calling documents etc.. because i have just called the for example like this "AutoPlay\\Docs\\itemname.xml", im unsure how i can resolve this issue but thanks for letting me know and thanks for the help so far.

[rexzooly]

ok, windows 7 is the platform it has been developed on, basically the problem is that when i run the application, the images and other resources dont show even though they are in the correct directorys, do you think it could be a coding issue as in should i have used "_sourcefolder" when calling documents etc.. because i have just called the for example like this "AutoPlay\\Docs\\itemname.xml", im unsure how i can resolve this issue but thanks for letting me know and thanks for the help so far.

if its working on your desktop is the desktop one you tested a webexe? or was it a hdd files?

[IdeasVacuum]

I think you have hit at least half the nail on the head yourself. If your installer allows the User to choose where the application will be installed, then any references to external files cannot be hard-coded paths.