I have been given the nod to purchase a commercial installer on the proviso
it does not cost too much.
I have used ClickOnce. While nice it does not provide what I need. Part of
my software will be an application that needs to be driven via the
TaskScheduler. I need to install to the Programs
I can't comment on the top three.
I've been using WiX for a while now and it's pretty good, but the learning
curve can be rather steep at times. A lot of the complexity comes from
Windows Installer, and this is probably the same to some degree for any tool
that targets Windows Installer. I
+ 1 on WiX. I personally hate it, but I can't deny that it's not powerful.
If you don't mind doing a lot of xml, then this is the most cost effective
option. Using commercial products has its benefits, obviously hiding a lot
of the complexity of creating installers, but also come with a price tag
2011 4:50 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Commercial Installer Software
I can't comment on the top three.
I've been using WiX for a while now and it's pretty good, but the learning
curve can be rather steep at times. A lot of the complexity comes from
Windows Installer, and this is probably
That's what I thought.
Wix is always a good fallback.
Regards Peter
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Stephen Liedig
Sent: Thursday, 21 April 2011 5:09 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Commercial Installer Software
+ 1 on WiX. I
