It is possible to automate this in a normal installer such that the user only needs to run it and press next a few times. I currently use the handX pInstaller tool which takes care of registering your conduit and setting your application up to be HotSynced. I also make use of Inno Setup for a few extra things like setting up some ODBC parameters. The pInstaller tool is run from Inno Setup as an "Install Run" task, and this seems to work quite well.
The handX pInstaller tool is specifically designed for installing Palm applications, and will take care of all the messy details for you like finding where Palm Desktop was installed, adding the application for all Palm users, conduit registration tasks, etc. If you're mostly installing a typical Palm application, you could likely just use pInstaller, but you could wrap this within another installer like I did if you need other functionality outside of the Palm focus. Palm has an API for you to write an installer with, but it's a far cry from a one click solution. Adrien. Friday, June 11, 2004, 11:03:45 AM, you wrote: MW> What is the best way to install a Palm program? Is there a one-click MW> solution? MW> We are currently compressing the necessary .prc and .pdb files into a MW> self-extracting .prc file. The user installs the .prc and then has to go to MW> the Application Launcher on the Palm and tap on the Installer icon. MW> Is this the normal method? -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
