Since you can do installer in RB, what are the reasons some other people use other installer like InstallShield. Do they have to learn yet another scripting language? Is there a plug-in installer for RB available?
----- Original Message ---- From: Ronald Vogelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: REALbasic NUG <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 3:24:18 PM Subject: Re: Why RB for our installer Thanks for the suggestion. here's the Link: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatSfx.asp Ronald Vogelaar http://www.rovosoft.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Rathbone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "REALbasic NUG" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 9:18 PM Subject: Re: Why RB for our installer > Ronald Vogelaar wrote: > >> On Windows we're not so lucky. >> >> Just tried again, without any plugins. Create new project, gui >> application, immediately build it. Resulting My Application.exe is >> 3,146,769 bytes. >> > > For those who need to create their own Windows installer in RB, there > are some ways to get around the compiled size. I've created Windows > installers in RB to handle complex tasks that are not handled by most > installer programs (without the use of a scripting language). > > When my installer is finished, I create a zip file, which reduces the > size greatly. Then I use a utility like Zip2Secrue.exe (free from > chillkat software) to create a self extracting executable, which > executes my installer upon extraction. > > If you give this a try, I think you will find the size of your installer > dramatically reduced. > > hth, > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
