Hi Maarten,

> Gregg will add (among others) windows stuff like generating an
> uninstall, a registry dialect etc. That's why Etienne's toolkit is not
> an option.

BTW, another very usefull feature is the generation of a shortcut (*.lnk) into the 
start menu, desktop, etc... with the option to choose the profile (all users, 
particular user,...). But I think you already knew this ;-)

> 
> Thanks for the analysis, password protection can be handy, but is that
> per user or per installer?

IMHO, the two can be usefull:
* per user, if you want to restrict the distribution (which is kept into a central 
serveur) by holding control on who is allowed to install, changing password when an 
installation has been done - what we do. I this option, I should find _very_ usefull 
the possibility of unabling the installer after a certain amount of installations - 
protecting it against unallowed copies.
* per installer, for a sell-and-forget, when you distribute your software + the 
utilisation rights - that is a serial number (see the approach of Setup Factory).

Just my 5 (euro-)cents thoughts...
Thanks for asking :)

==christophe

> 
> --Maarten
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of
> > Coussement Christophe
> > Sent: donderdag 20 november 2003 8:31
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [REBOL] Re: [SDK] Installer
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Gregg,
> > 
> > An installer in REBOL ... mmm great idea !
> > FYI, there is a Frenchman who already wrote an installer
> > (http://etienne.alaurent.free.fr/rebol/tools/install-rimaker.r)
> > which I didn't use.
> > 
> > I personally tested:
> > * Setup2Go: (+) easy interface,possibility to add a passw to control
> > installation
> >             (-) slow interface, system events do not always work
> (reboot
> > after install...)
> > * Install2Go: (+) interface
> >               (-) slow
> > * InnoSetup: (+) lot of possibilities
> >              (-) interface, not always clear
> > * Setupfactory: (+) lot of possibilities, S/N generation
> >                 (-) didn't find any
> > 
> > We use now Setup2Go for our software distribution, because the
> > installation control by password is a requirement.
> > If it should not, I would go for SetupFactory, or your product ;-)
> > 
> > This is a _very_ succint analysis. I hope this helps anyway :)
> > 
> > ==christophe
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gregg Irwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: 20 November, 2003 04:33
> > > To: Paul Tretter
> > > Subject: [REBOL] Re: [SDK] Installer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Paul,
> > >
> > > PT> Hmmm... I'm interested in a Good REBOL installer myself.
> > > Currently, I use
> > > PT> InnoSetup which is pretty good and free for commercial
> > > use.  But its not
> > > PT> REBOL :(  So I'm interested in what is coming.
> > >
> > > If you, or anyone else, has comments about what they like (and
> don't)
> > > about different installers, go ahead and send them to me 
> (direct is
> > > fine to keep clutter down here). I've look at a number, including
> Inno
> > > and NSIS, but would welcome input to see if I'm on the 
> right track.
> > >
> > > -- Gregg
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