Digital Workshop

Hi,

First, I have spent many a late night trawling for help through this forum when I first started using Opus!! I have lost count of the times I have found answers without the people helping me even knowing. In short, before I post, thought I would take the opportunity to finally pass on thanks to all those that contribute!

I have put together a screensaver that I want to send out on a CD using a 'Set Up' style program. The CD is going to a Not For Profit organization, who by their own admittance aren't 'computer savvy!' so I wanted to make the install completely automated.

I was hoping to use the 'WriteRegistryValue' to change the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Desktop\SCRNSAVE.EXE value, but on closer reading, only the 'software' subkey can be written to using Opus Script, not the 'Desktop'.

Can anyone offer advice on the best way to get the newly copied screensaver to be set as the 'Windows Default' without the need for the end user to go into the display properties and select it manually?

Many thanks.

Here's what I did. I don't know whether it's as automatic as you'd like but...

Get Inno Setup (installer program). It's free and can be found at:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php

Create a script for the installer.
Compile the script.
Run the script.

The script will install your .SCR file to where it needs to go and then provide an action the user can select to open the Display Properites dialog box with the Screensaver tab active. Then all your user would have to do is select the appropriately titled screensaver from the list (since it will be on the list as they've already installed it), and click on the OK button on the dialog box.

SCRIPT LISTING:


Just change the areas you need to change (listed with an asterisk next to them), compile and run and you should be good to go.

If you use the Distribution Wizard from within Opus the generated setup will automatically offer to install the screensaver as the user's default.

Thank you both for your help, should have guessed there was a way to do this with Opus!

Am I able to change the default 'SetUp' icon used by the distibution wizard?

Si G

I went through the Help on the Distribution Wizard and could not find anything about the icon used in the Setup program. I know in InnoSetup you can change the both the icon and the background and 2 images used on the installer.

No, you cannot change the Distribution Wizard icon or images - it was initially provided as an integral component of Opus when standalone installers were very expensive. Today there are several free install creators that will allow more flexibility if you want to spend the time learning them, but the Distribution Wizard still provides a very simple solution in a few clicks.

Thanks Again.
Si G

I read a post today that prompted me to post here again. It mentioned that sometimes when we ask questions and are given ideas for solutions, we forget to post the solution we finally use, so here goes.

I wanted to get the screensaver to install as the windows default and as Duncan said

But, I also wanted to give as much instruction to the user as possible as this is not the kind of task they perform very often (they may need to change the screensaver or its' settings, but are unsure of the process to achieve this)

I ended up using an .exe publication containing complete instructions (Camtasia is just excellent for this!) that then called upon the Opus Setup program that was put together by the distribution wizard. This gave me exactly what I was after.

Thanks again for help.

Si G