You can also use Inno Setup which is nice, easy, and free. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php#features
But ok, it doesn't do MSI. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6245260/installers-wix-or-inno-setup But you can get around that with http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi Good luck. Phil On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Hernán Morales Durand < [email protected]> wrote: > I have never tried but it seems you can wrap installer in MSI files using > WiX http://wixtoolset.org/ and this package http://www.exemsi.com/ > > To write the installer check this out: > > http://code.google.com/p/**biosmalltalk/wiki/**NSISInstallerScript<http://code.google.com/p/biosmalltalk/wiki/NSISInstallerScript> > > Hernán > > El 26/08/2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti escribió: > >> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:stephane.ducasse@**inria.fr<[email protected]>>> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software >> as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients? >> >> what is an MSI? >> >> >> Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows >> installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry >> keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the >> software and upgrading it, etc. >> >> >> > I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to >> create the MSI. >> >> Do you mean installing a Pharo App? >> What means installing? >> >> >> So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine: >> creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any scripts >> that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time, >> its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some >> relevant exp. >> >> >> Because if you ship an image in essence: >> you ship one image >> with an opening image saying installing…. >> then you save >> >> >> >> > >> > regards, >> > >> > Usman Bhatti >> >> >> >> > > >
