On Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 03:48 PM, Graham Samuel wrote:
Is anyone on the list publishing programs with any kind of installer who would care to share their techniques with the rest of us?
For Mac OS <=9. Donnow. MindVision has some nice installer tools.
For OS X, I would recommend distribution of a .dmg disk image with an app bundle in it. To perform the installation, the user drags the app bundle to their Applications folder. Because app bundles are self-contained, it's that easy. It makes an actual installer program annoying and unnecessary. I like DropDMG http://www.c-command.com/dropdmg/ but there are some other more expensive tools. Or you can do it from the command line (create the dmg disk image that is)
For Windows, I highly recommend Inno Setup: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php . It's a great program that does most of the stuff InstallShield does, but at a tiny fraction of the cost.
I'm not sure what you mean about Multiplatform Installer. Each OS has different installation requirements so shouldn't you use an installation technique appropriate for that platform?
In general you should allow the user to install the software to wherever they want, by overriding the default.
Alex Rice, Software Developer Architectural Research Consultants, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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