Newbie needs help...

[willz]

Sorry friends, I am really new to this stuff. Here is the deal. I created some Adobe Acrobat pdf forms for use by our customers. I needed a way to distribute these on a CD for the users to install on their computers. I tried using the wizard to create a setup file. The program pulled all the pdf files in as I needed. When I clicked to build the setup, a setup file was created.

When I clicked on the setup file to see how it would work. It all seemed to install just fine. When I went to Start, Programs - the folder name appears but when I put the curser on it to see if the forms appear, the only file that appears is the uninstall file.

I need the forms to appear in the list. They are installed on the computer because I checked the folder that setup created and all of the forms are there.

Thanks for any help anyone can give me. I know already that I am in over my head but I only want to create basic setup files for my forms. Thanks.

[Worm]

In your setup project, Right Mouse click/the PDF files and choose Properties

You should see a place to create a shortcut for the file within that dialog somewhere. Sorry I can't be more specific. Its been a while since I've built an install and I don't have SF installed on this machine.

[willz]

Thank you very much Worm. I did that and it worked. My question now is whether I can make it so that the user can decide as to each form whether they want a shortcut to the form on their desktop.

Thanks again for your great help.

[JimS]

One way you can do it is by going to the Screens Design section, and add a page called 12 Check Boxes. On the Properties screen of that page, you can set up your .pdf file selection. On the 'After' screen section, you can set up the logic with a series of IF control structures for deciding which check boxes are selected, and create the shortcuts. Maybe something like:

IF (%CheckBox1% = TRUE)
Create Shortcut (%Dsktop%\Pdf1 Shortcut -> %AppDir%\Yourfile.pdf)
END IF
IF (%CheckBox2% = TRUE)
Create Shortcut (%Dsktop%\Pdf2 Shortcut -> %AppDir%\Yourfile2.pdf)
END IF

Of course, you would have to do this for each checkbox. If you have more than 12 checkboxes, you could use multiple screens to let the person select from.

Alternately you can use the Packages functions and go that route, whatever seems best to you.