How To Add Icons After Distributed Setup Program Is Run

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After running the Setup program for your distributed application, users may want to add other icons and program groups for help or README files. By using DDE to send commands to the Windows Program Manager, you can create a new program group or add items to existing program groups.

The following example shows how to initiate a DDE channel to the Windows Program Manager, create a program group called "My Application", and add an item with a particular icon (in this case the Help icon that comes with FoxPro).

   iChannel = DDEInitiate("Progman","Progman")
   = DDEExecute(iChannel,;
    "[Additem(c:\myapp\readme.txt,tty,;
    c:\foxprow\goodies\bitmaps\fox\help.ico,0)]")
   = DDETerminate(iChannel)
				

This program can then be compiled into an .EXE file. At the end of the Setup program, you can tell your users to run this .EXE file after installing the application.