this is one of those questions that is a bit like religion...one suites one person better than other ;-)
In the early days, I was totally into Installshield. But the latest versions seem to me to be no where as easy to get up and running as earlier versions. the IDE seems more complicated. I am sure its not, but hmmm...its very cluttered. we actually use Setup Factory which is fantastic ! Its has addins to install MDAC for you as part of the install, its got before and after install things you can do like run other apps, or rename files, start and stop services, write to the registry or read from it...etc.etc.etc.etc. But like you I needed a client app. that pointed back to a server and I just wrote a client app. that was run if the user does a "Client Install" which puts an icon on the users desktop etc. and installs MDAC too. Setup Factory is not the cheapest, but for my 2cents worth I found it FAR easier to get up and running with it than the latest Installsheild. I cant speak about Wise install because I dont think I have ever used it. Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: "David Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:13:35 +1200 Subject: [DUG] Installation Programs > I realise this is a topic which comes up every 6 months but the best > answer > may also be changing every 6 months so I'm raising it again. > > We need an installer for our software. The application itself is just > an > executable and a couple of DLLs (Midas and some Indy SSL DLLs). However > we > also need to install MSDE and restore a default database (which will be > included in the installation). Lastly the easiest solution for the > clients > is to share the program directory on the server and get a shortcut to > the > executable onto the clients desktop. I was thinking we would need to > write a > little Delphi program for doing this copying (similar to say the > Microsoft > VSS client installation but a much simpler program as it just has to > create > a shortcut, albeit to a network path, and possibly install MDAC). > However if > we could have a client installation program written in the same tool as > the > server installation program then that might be cleaner (at least it > would be > a consistent interface then). > > So, any thoughts? I have had Inno Setup suggested and that looks good > but is > there anything people would recommend more? (or anything people have > against > Inno Setup?). > > David Brennan. > DB Solutions Ltd. > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
