The General/Shortcut tab for the Multiple File Properties dialog combines some of the settings found on the General and Shortcut tabs of the File Properties dialog.
The location of the files on the development system. This field is editable in case you move your files after adding them to the project.
The location of the files during the install. If the currently selected files are on the Archive tab of the file list, this option is not editable and will always be "Archive". If the selected files are on the CD-ROM tab, you must specify the runtime location of the files.
Remember that the CD-ROM's drive letter will is represented by %SrcDrv% at design time, so as to ensure that the file will be in the root of the CD-ROM during install, specify "%SrcDrv%".
The directory that you want the files to be installed to on the users system. You can use any directory-related Built-in Variable here by itself or in combination with a path that you specify.
The action that will be taken if a file with the same name already exists in the location we want to install to. The relative newness of the file is determined by the version resource information built into the file. If the file does not contain version information, the files date and time will be used as criteria. Please see the single File Properties dialog's General tab for more information.
If checked, the files will have a shortcut created in Start menu -> Programs -> %SCFolderPath%. The Built-In Variable %SCFolderPath% is expanded at install time to represent the folder that the user wants to add the shortcuts to. If a file does not already have a shortcut description and you select this option, the file will use its filename as its shortcut description. You will need to go into the single File Properties dialog for each individual file after and change the Description on the Shortcut tab if you want to change from the default.
If checked, the files will have a shortcut created on the users Desktop. Be prudent in your use of this option. It is not generally considered good etiquette to litter the users desktop with shortcuts. At the most, just make a shortcut to your main program or use one of the screens to confirm that they want Desktop shortcuts created. If a file does not already have a shortcut description and you select this option, the file will use its filename as its shortcut description. You will need to go into the File Properties dialog for each individual file after and change the Description on the Shortcut tab if you want to change from the default.
See Also: Single File Properties, Built-In Variables