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BluEarth Software
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How do you people make those install wizards...
or how do you get them.
I would like to have install wizards so people don't go snooping into programs I make, I put a unique signature in my programs so I can tell they are mine.

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comando 300
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Posted: 15th Mar 2005 05:06 Edited at: 15th Mar 2005 05:06
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Here is an installer creator.

http://www.clickteam.com/English/index.php

[href]http://www.freewebs.com/comando_300/[/href]
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BatVink
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I use Nullsoft Installer which is free. If you use one of the editors, it's a breeze to create simple or custom installers.

I used NSIS to create an installer for bvEncrypt. You could use bvEncrypt to create registration codes for your app, which might answer your second point.

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BluEarth Software
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THANKS!!
Now if you could tell me a web sit for a code generator....

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bvEncrypt does it for you. It creates the DarkBasic decrypting function for your program, and you can generate unlimited reg keys.

Oh, and it's totally free.

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BluEarth Software
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Can you tell me how I can make icons??(.ico)
Now that I can do all the other stuff I need to make my own icons.

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icon forge

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BluEarth Software
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I tried that, but I want to make my own icons!

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The icon maker i have used is called iconedit and it came free with a ebook i bought on visual basic. I searched for it on google but i cant find the same version but there is many free icon editors on the web. On google, search icon editor.
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You can use any drawing program and save the file as .ico.

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Posted: 15th Mar 2005 10:02 Edited at: 15th Mar 2005 10:05
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Quote: " I tried that, but I want to make my own icons!"


WTF, thats an icon maker...

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http://www.maxpc.co.uk/downloads/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=5840&subsectionid=722
there is the link, just to prove its one...
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Benjamin
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Use Microsoft Paint. Save with a .ico extension.


"Lets migrate like bricks" - Me
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GothOtaku
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Posted: 15th Mar 2005 10:54 Edited at: 15th Mar 2005 10:55
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I usually make icons in MS Paint and use this http://www.rapideuphoria.com/makeiconv22.zip to convert them to MS .ico files.
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bitJericho
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Quote: "You can use any drawing program and save the file as .ico."


an .ico is not entirely a bitmap..

GothOtaku stated where to get a converter, so there's no excuse for you to not properly convert your icons


Yarr join teh New and Improved LoGD!
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BluEarth Software
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I am looking for something a little more professianl than MS paint.
But it still has to be free $$

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Benjamin
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More professional? Look, pal, it was made by the bestest evil corperation in the world, you can't get more pro than that I'm afraid.


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GIMP = Free version of Photoshop
I've used it at work to do our icons.
http://gimp.org
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Use google or hotbot and search for a program called "LiquidIcon."

It's free and I'm using if for a few projects right now. It creates an .ico file, and you can either import a .bmp or .jpg image (which it resizes for you), or you can use its icon creator that lets you draw from scratch, in the proper icon format. I've tested the icons it creates in a text program I'm making (I talked about that in a different thread) and it's tops. I tried to attach the app to this post, but I'm not sure if I did it right. Hope this helps!

-Matt Rock

PS. For someone who calls himself "the computer geek," you sure do ask a lot of questions! hehe

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