My opinion... all of them seem to have at least a demo you can download. But I
think Wise Package Studio no longer is for sale (Symantec killed it?). So
you're stuck with AdminStudio (Flexera), http://www.advancedinstaller.com,
Orca, and http://www.instedit.com/ -- if you want to make MST's. If you happen
to be the 100% owner of the program, of course you can build your own .msi with
everything for that product. But that rarely happens for us admins. :)
Try out their demos; and take some .msi you already have that you'd need to
customize (add files, change regkeys, whatever) and make an .mst using each of
the demos; and see which one you like best. The main thing is "knowing" how an
.msi and .mst work. Personally, I found that some people, depending upon their
geek background (more of an admin? more of a programmer?) you'll like one
better than another because of how it's laid out or structured, or how the
built-in wizards work. So some people might think Flexara is the best thing
ever, and other might find it to be overkill for what they do day-to-day.
fyi, those 4 above are just the ones I happen to remember exist. There are
probably more I don't know about, or forgot about. Didn't ITninja / Kace or
someone used to have an mst builder? or was that for straight MSI's only, not
creating transforms? (see, I'm forgetful)
On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 5:01 PM, "Taxter, Latisha" <[email protected]>
wrote:
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div.yiv3749648810WordSection1 {}-->Use Adminstudio for years. Have no problem
with it. Flexera’s free version has limitations From:
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf
Of Juelich, Adam
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 2:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mssms] MSI/Transform Manipulator Tools Hello Everyone, Just
curious as to what people are using for tools to manipulate MSI's, create
Transforms, and all that good stuff. I used to use ORCA all the time but now
I mainly use InstEd It! I also have Flexera's Standalone Tuner which can be
useful from time to time. Anybody using anything else? Anybody purchase
premium versions of them and found that to be useful? Being able to easily add
a file/folder to the MST would be useful and I can do that with InstallShield
sometimes but it can get tedious.
----------------------------------------------- Adam Juelich Pulaski Community
School District Client Management Specialist 920-822-6075
