Note that this archive does not include the Acedb programs. These should be installed from a suitable installable archive before installing any databases.
[Setup] Bits=32 AppName=MyDatabase Used to name the program in the install wizard. AppVerName=MyDataBase Used to name the program in the install wizard. DefaultGroupName=Acedb Databases The group in the start menu where the database will be installed. DefaultDirName={sd}\Acedb Databases\MyDatabase Where the files will be installed when the archive is installed - {sd} means system disk. MinVersion=4,4 OutputBaseFileName=MyDatabase The archive will be called MyDatabase.exe OutputDir=e:\ Where to put the finished archive. SourceDir=e:\dbDir; Where to look for the files specified in [Files] below. [Files] Source: "database\*"; DestDir: "{app}\database"; Include all the files you want here. Source: "wspec\*"; DestDir: "{app}\wspec"; Don't forget pictures and wgf, if needed. [ini] Filename: "{app}\MyDatabase.adb"; Section: "ACEDB"; Key: "path"; String: "{app}"; This creates the .adb file used in [Icons} below. [Icons] Line below makes an entry in the start menu in the sub-menu specified by DefaultGroupName. Name: "{group}\MyDatabase"; Filename:"{app}\MyDatabase.adb" Line below makes an icon on the desktop. Name: "{userdesktop}\MyDatabase"; Filename: "{app}\MyDatabase.adb" Don't change the section below or the uninstall function may not work. [UninstallDelete] Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{app}";Once you have the correct control file, save it using the File/Save menu, and then hit File/Compile. Inno Setup will grind through its stuff and you will end up with a single .exe file which when executed will install your database. Copy that to your FTP site and then go and have a nice cup of tea.
To create the master installer, use Inno Setup, in the way described above, with a control file which looks like this.
[Setup] Bits=32 AppName=C Elegans Database CDROM AppVerName=the 7th January 2000 beta release CreateAppDir=0 MinVersion=4,4 OutputDir=. OutputBaseFileName=Setup InfoBeforeFile=cdromblurb.txt Uninstallable=0 [Run] Filename: "{src}\Acedb-4_8c.exe"; Parameters: "/SP-"; Filename: "{src}\MyDatabase.exe"; Parameters: "/SP-";Compiling the above with Inno Setup will create Setup.exe, which will in turn run Acedb-4_8c.exe and MyDatabase.exe from the CD-ROM.
The file cdromblurb.txt contains text which is displayed to the user as part of the install process. Note that this is copied into Setup.exe when you compile the control file with Inno Setup, so it needs to be available then: it does not have to be on the CD-ROM. Here is an example I used, customise it as necessary.
Welcome to the C. elegans Acedb database CD-ROM distribution. This installation program will install both the Acedb software and, when that is complete, the C. Elegans database. If you wish to install only one of these components (for instance if you already have the Acedb software installed) then click the Cancel button now and use the separate installation programs on this CD-ROM Acedb.exe - to install the acedb software. Wormace.exe - to install the C. Elegans data. If you wish to install both components, click the next button, which will take you first through installing the Acedb software, and then the C. Elegans data.Burn Setup.exe, the Acedb installer, and your database installer onto a CD-ROM and all is complete. Inno Setup compresses the data, so even rather large databases will fit on a single CD-ROM. If you database is too large, Inno setup has a spanning feature to allow it to be spread over more than one CD-ROM. See the documentation which comes with Inno Setup for details on this.