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- From: hlpell@sequent.com (Howard Pell)
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- Subject: Can VB write over itself?
- Message-ID: <U=T.714494455@cansqnt>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 14:40:55 GMT
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- I want to have my software product prompt the user for his/her name and the
- registration number and then store this in a safe place, as do most
- software packages. Can Visual Basic overwrite its own .EXE file to store
- this info? That is, can I set aside an area of the .EXE that will be used
- exclusively for this purpose? Then if the setup program sees that this
- area has data in it, it will not prompt the user to re-enter his/her name
- and registration number.
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- Any and all help appreciated.
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