Long Huynh wrote:
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?
There are installer packages that do a very good job of handling most
installation challenges. For example, the installer package might need
to deal with files it cannot overwrite because they are still in use.
These are the types of things you would need to address yourself in an
RB created installer. Most of these packages also have a scripting
language that you can learn and use if your needs exceed the built in
functionality.
I have used installer packages with great success, and I've also
successfully created installers in RB when much of what I needed was not
provided by an installer package or easily done in their scripting language.
If you just need a simple installer / uninstaller, you are probably
best off with an installer package like InnoSetup. It's easy to use and
has great compression.
If you find yourself needing to do some advanced stuff, then it can
often be easier accomplished within RB.
There have been times I've combined the tow. Using an installer package
to call an RB application during the install in order to handle one or
two things. I just included the code in my RB app, and called the code
only when the app was started with a special command line switch.
(MyApp.exe /initialize) Then I told the installer package to execute my
app with the parameter during the install.
As far as a plugin installer, are you referring to RB plugins or browser
plugins? Either is possible.
You just have to figure out what functionality your installer needs, and
that will probably determine which method to use.
hth,
Brian
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