Installation Program Recommendation

[mans]

Hello,

I have been using PDW in VB6 up until now and I am now looking at purchasing specific packaging and installation software. I understand that Installshield and Wise are quite popular, can I please have opinions about which is the best (or more reliable) to buy and why. Your opinions do not have to be restricted to the two packages previously mentioned.

Do you find that these installation programs avoid the variety of annoying errors that are associated with PDW in VB6.

Thank You

 

[edderic]

Download Visual Installer 1.0 From MSDN and it is freeware,works perfect with VB6.0 Eric De Decker
vbg.be@vbgroup.nl

Licence And Copy Protection AxtiveX
Source CodeBook for the programmer

http://www.createsoftware2000.com

 

[Guest_imported]

I've used VS Installer and have had some success. If your installations are straight forward, it may work for you. For instance, I wanted to create Start menu icons for All Users on Windows NT. To do this, I had to edit the install script directly using Orca (from the Windows Installer (WI) SDK); no easy task, if you have to learn WI first. On top of this, you have to make available the WI install engine if target machine doesn't have WI.

For third-party installers, I use Wise InstallMaker 8.1. It costs <$150 and makes installations fairly easy.

Craig Boland
cboland@sark.com

 

[edderic]

You can it do it with MI ,its check the target machine and is the engine not on teh target is install MI or MI NT

Eric De Decker
vbg.be@vbgroup.nl

Licence And Copy Protection AxtiveX
Source CodeBook for the programmer

http://www.createsoftware2000.com

 

[edderic]

You can it do it with MI ,its check the target machine and is the engine not on teh target it install MI or MI NT

Eric De Decker
vbg.be@vbgroup.nl

Licence And Copy Protection AxtiveX
Source CodeBook for the programmer

http://www.createsoftware2000.com

 

[chiph]

I've used InstallBuilder/Wise since version 4, and I've been very happy with it. Used it to distribute 4 commercial VB apps, and one non-VB app which ended up being 192MB!

Chip H.