> Ian Lamont wrote:
> >
> > ever thought about creating an InstallShield clone and integrating it
> > into mozilla's install components?

How about using XPInstall engine stand alone ? i.e. oputside of
Mozillia itself I find prioducts like ZeroG and Install Sheild to
be sorely lacking.

> > linux and Mac need an installshield thingy for the users who don't know
> > how to add & remove thingys properly.
> >
> > also is there any way of making the registry accessible by external
> > applications?
> >
> > BtW my email is [EMAIL PROTECTED], this is my dads box....mine
> > temporarily down cos powercut whilst recompiling the kernel [red hat]

Samir Gehani (responded):

> The install wizards are GUI's that collect user installation
> preferences and then proceed to use the XPInstall engine to perform
> the actual installation.
>

Thats good i.e. an install wizard should do just that and
then send information to a "generic" layer i.e.
XPInstall engine.

>
> The windows and mac install wizards are already part of the builds and
> can be obtained from:
>
> Mac:
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/MozMacInstaller-M15.sea.bin
>
> Win32:
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-win32-installer.exe
>

I believe the above EXE file is a massive 7MB, does this include
XPInstall engine and the entire Mozillia structure (with a JRE bundle) ?

Could I make an installer for a simple Java (or Win32) based "HelloWorld"
application rather than Mozillia - if so how big would the
hello-win32-installer.exe
be (I hope not 7MB) ?

>
> The Linux install wizard is complete and will be part of the build
> soon.  Thanks for the suggestion.
> ~Samir
>
> ian lamont wrote:
> >
> > ever thought about creating an InstallShield clone and integrating it
> > into mozilla's install components?

I guess I am trying to ask/find out is the XPInstall engine was designed
to be used stand alone - outside of the context of Mozillia ?  If so are there
any concrete examples (I was unable to find iny in my quick searches) ?

> > linux and Mac need an installshield thingy for the users who don't know
> > how to add & remove thingys properly.
> >
> > also is there any way of making the registry accessible by external
> > applications?
> >
> > BtW my email is [EMAIL PROTECTED], this is my dads box....mine
> > temporarily down cos powercut whilst recompiling the kernel [red hat]
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