I've been using nsis for quite a while and it works very well, I highly
recommend it.  It has more options than you could ever dream of in an open
windows install packager, a nice gui option, and many many plugins.

http://Nsis.sf.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 6:49 PM
To: Alan Stewart; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Slow startup: any way to open splash screen ?

Dean Arnold wrote:
> 
> FWIW: I'm also looking at an alternative of using Inno Setup to do a 
> startup of the app after install that just starts up and exits, 
> causing everything to get unpacked while there's an installer splash 
> screen. Still haven't figured out how to do that yet, tho.
> 

(Slightly OT, but useful as an interim solution)

Figured out how to do that; just add the following in the [Run] section of
the Inno Setup .iss file:

[Run]
Filename: "{app}\your_apps_name.exe"; Parameters:
"something_to_make_your_app_start_and exit"

After install with that, firing up my app is PDQ.

Regards,
Dean Arnold
Presicient Corp.


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