Steps of an Installation Program
The following
list outlines one way to use setup functions to create a setup application. You
can use this example as a starting point, or develop your own installation
algorithm.
Each step is
described in detail in following topics.
Initialization
Open the INF and, if
appropriate, append other INF files.
Extract file information
from the INF file.
Gather setup information
from the user.
Create a queue.
Install
files
Commit the queue, specifying
a callback routine.
Update registry information.
Clean up
Close the file queue and
INF.
Release any other system
resources and end the program.