Develop Packaging and Deployment Tool

[Sachinpatole]

Hi, I need to develop a packaging and deployment tool which will work like "Install Shield". Any tips. Thanks in advance Regards, Sachin

[Matthew Faithfull]

Perhaps this is a repost or perhaps you just have the same assignment as someone who posted a few weeks ago? Either way you're not in for a fun time. Probably the best way for you to understand how large and complex a task this could be is for you to spend some time studying MSI ( Microsoft Installer ) which is part of Windows and has an API and database style tables and masses and masses and masses of rules and datasets and caveats and no doubt ultra-fat books written about it. If you still think this project is agood idea once you've got a grip on MSI then you'll know more about the subject than me and will be able to ask very specific and pertinent questions of the experts who lurk hereabouts. Good luck :)

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[Cedric Moonen]

Why do you need to reinvent the wheel ? Can't you use something that already exists ? There are tons of windows installer on the market (some even free, like InnoSetup).

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[jhwurmbach]

Cedric Moonen wrote:

There are tons of windows installer on the market (some even free, like InnoSetup).

Or NSIS[^]! *plug*

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[bob16972]

Visual Studio Installer or orca.exe

[Hamid Taebi]

Did you search on the codeproject?