Free installer maker?
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Several months ago someone mentioned a free installer maker named "Power____" or something in a discussion thread about setup tools. I can't find the thread now. Does anyone remember the name? Not NSIS, not Inno Setup, and not InstallShield. Thanks if anyone can remind me the name! :doh:
Maxwell Chen
Advanced Installer is free, and does a good job. IT's also cheap if you ever need more than the free version offes.
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Several months ago someone mentioned a free installer maker named "Power____" or something in a discussion thread about setup tools. I can't find the thread now. Does anyone remember the name? Not NSIS, not Inno Setup, and not InstallShield. Thanks if anyone can remind me the name! :doh:
Maxwell Chen
I vaguely remember that thread or one similiar, and I've been using InnoSetup as a result. No complaints yet, although my app is pretty simple - 1 exe and a few data files. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php[^]
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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Several months ago someone mentioned a free installer maker named "Power____" or something in a discussion thread about setup tools. I can't find the thread now. Does anyone remember the name? Not NSIS, not Inno Setup, and not InstallShield. Thanks if anyone can remind me the name! :doh:
Maxwell Chen
PowerShell[^]. Ok, so it's not an installer-maker per se, but combined with the all-new/all-old "xcopy deployment", it's practically the same thing - just write a script to copy your files onto the machine.
---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.7.1.2 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums
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Several months ago someone mentioned a free installer maker named "Power____" or something in a discussion thread about setup tools. I can't find the thread now. Does anyone remember the name? Not NSIS, not Inno Setup, and not InstallShield. Thanks if anyone can remind me the name! :doh:
Maxwell Chen
Am I the only one using the Setup projects in Visual Studio? :~
_____________________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA] - Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 1.0 Beta3
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I vaguely remember that thread or one similiar, and I've been using InnoSetup as a result. No complaints yet, although my app is pretty simple - 1 exe and a few data files. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php[^]
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
I agree. InnoSetup is great.
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Am I the only one using the Setup projects in Visual Studio? :~
_____________________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA] - Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 1.0 Beta3
Looks like it, use NSIS instead, much better ;P
Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed
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PowerShell[^]. Ok, so it's not an installer-maker per se, but combined with the all-new/all-old "xcopy deployment", it's practically the same thing - just write a script to copy your files onto the machine.
---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.7.1.2 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums
You sound so... unix. :~
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Looks like it, use NSIS instead, much better ;P
Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed
Ed.Poore wrote:
use NSIS instead, much better
Is it simple? I'm quite in a hurry, so I wouldn't have time to learn a huge manual. And, does it support the automatic installation of prerequisites such as the .NET Framework and SQL Server Express?
_____________________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA] - Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 1.0 Beta3
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Am I the only one using the Setup projects in Visual Studio? :~
_____________________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA] - Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 1.0 Beta3
I use the visual studio setup projects some times. My major gripe is that the documentation is difficult to find, and when you do find it some one has tended to use to practice obfuscation techniques... :(
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Ed.Poore wrote:
use NSIS instead, much better
Is it simple? I'm quite in a hurry, so I wouldn't have time to learn a huge manual. And, does it support the automatic installation of prerequisites such as the .NET Framework and SQL Server Express?
_____________________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA] - Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 1.0 Beta3
Dario Solera wrote:
Is it simple?
Yes
Dario Solera wrote:
automatic installation of prerequisites
Yes but you have to code them in. Basically it's a scripting language but because it's platform-independent and generic there's no fancy support for these prerequisites. If you're in a hurry I'd say stick with MSI for the moment until you have time to peruse the documentation and some samples, once you've familiarised yourself with the language then it's very easy and powerful. A good example to look at is the SharpDevelop installer which checks for the existance of the .NET Framework prior to installation, I'd imagine that checking for SQL Server is also fairly easy as well, all you have to do then is if they're not installed simply run the installers for the .NET Framework and SQL Server. To make them interact with the installer (i.e. display no UI) is a bit more work but still quite easy to accomplish. The one place where it falls down are that there are very few designers for the scripts, there are a few wizards which will do most of the grunt work for you, e.g. VenisIX (http://www.spaceblue.com[^]). Again let me emphasis that it is a powerful package, it just lacks a UI for creating the scripts like InstallShield for example. It's probably safer to use VS for your current project and when you have time to look around take a good look at NSIS. [thought]Maybe I should create a couple of header files for checking for .NET and for SQL Server... :rolleyes:[/thought]
Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed
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Am I the only one using the Setup projects in Visual Studio? :~
_____________________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA] - Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 1.0 Beta3
No - I use it.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
use NSIS instead, much better
Is it simple? I'm quite in a hurry, so I wouldn't have time to learn a huge manual. And, does it support the automatic installation of prerequisites such as the .NET Framework and SQL Server Express?
_____________________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA] - Developing ScrewTurn Wiki 1.0 Beta3
I've had been using Inno Setup combined with IS Tool formore than 3 years. I think that this script[^] for Inno Setup is what you are looking for. I hope it helps, Marc Soleda
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