Executing an INF file?

spanky
31st July 2001 10:46 UTC

I am having trouble executing an INF file from the installer or batch file. Anyone know how to do this?

DuaneJeffers
31st July 2001 18:34 UTC


Exec '"$WINDIR\Notepad.exe" "$INSTDIR\myconfig.inf"'

For People without notepad or an ini/inf configuration editor,


ExecShell open '"$INSTDIR\myconfig.inf"'

or for fun,


IfFileExists $WINDIR\Notepad.exe 0 nonote
Exec '"$WINDIR\Notepad.exe" "$INSTDIR\myconfig.inf"'
Goto pass
nonote:
ExecShell open '"$INSTDIR\myconfig.inf"'
pass:

Hope That Helps.

-DJ

spanky
31st July 2001 21:47 UTC

Sorry, let me clarify my question.
I am looking to install an inf file.

Simply using ExecShell open '"$INSTDIR\myconfig.inf"' will not install it.

Edgewize
1st August 2001 06:36 UTC

'ExecShell "install" "blah.inf"' should do the trick

spanky
1st August 2001 10:58 UTC

Thanks Edgewize that worked.

KennyKen
2nd August 2001 01:55 UTC

INF files are installed by a runtime dll. This dll can be advpack.dll, w95inf32.dll or w95inf16.dll. I believe advpack.dll is the newest. In order to do this, you should:

Exec "rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection c:\myinf.inf, DefaultInstall"

To uninstall, you should:
Exec "rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %1, UnInstall"

both rundll32.exe and advpack.dll should be installed on windows pcs that have a recent version of IE installed. but they can (obviously) be included in your distribution just to be safe.