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  • S Shog9 0

    A big enough logo ensures that users won't see any of your actual license...

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    peterchen
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    A pretty logo coult temp the user to actually scroll down and LOOK at this licence thingie :shudder:


    We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
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    • P peterchen

      What are you using? I just checked the new version of Wise for Windows Installer and.. "not impressed". Inno is to much manual labor for complex stuff.


      We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
      boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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      Blake Miller
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      Custom programs that create/modify MSI database tables based upon build specifications for the various projects. No commercial product was harmed in the creation of our installation modules :sigh: No shirt, no shoes, no brains, no service.

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      • P peterchen

        SdLicenseRtf and SdLicense2Rtf now support up to 64K of data; previously, the limit was 32K. Holy dancing cow! A 64K Licence document? No, I don't want to know who requested that.


        We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
        boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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        Blake Miller
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        Well, it IS an rtf, and if you MUST change the typeface and color for every single character, then the content can become quite large while the information delivered is quite small. No shirt, no shoes, no brains, no service.

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        • P peterchen

          What are you using? I just checked the new version of Wise for Windows Installer and.. "not impressed". Inno is to much manual labor for complex stuff.


          We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
          boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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          Nish Nishant
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          peterchen wrote:

          Wise for Windows Installer

          X| X| X| X| X|

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          • N Nish Nishant

            peterchen wrote:

            Wise for Windows Installer

            X| X| X| X| X|

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            Shog9 0
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            Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

            X| X| X| X| X|

            Wow, those new emoticons are vivid... it's like something from a Dr. Seuss book, or Mr Yuck... :~

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            • B Blake Miller

              Custom programs that create/modify MSI database tables based upon build specifications for the various projects. No commercial product was harmed in the creation of our installation modules :sigh: No shirt, no shoes, no brains, no service.

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              peterchen
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              MSI seems to me the perfect solution to problems I never even heard of. Editing the tables "(progra-)manually" seems such a tricky thing - how come you do that?!


              We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
              boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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              • P peterchen

                What are you using? I just checked the new version of Wise for Windows Installer and.. "not impressed". Inno is to much manual labor for complex stuff.


                We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
                boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                Marc Clifton
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                peterchen wrote:

                What are you using?

                An ancient version of InstallShield for an ancient C++ app I still maintain, MSI for C#, and most preferably, simply a zipped file of the EXE and related assemblies. Marc VS2005 Tips & Tricks -- contributions welcome!

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                • J Jon Sagara

                  My favorite is the REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS command line option. InstallShielders -- anyone care to enlighten me on why I have to go above and beyond the call of duty to suppress a reboot? Jon Sagara Look at him. He runs like a Welshman. Doesn't he run like a Welshman? Doesn't he? I think he runs like a Welshman. Sagara.org | Blog | My Articles

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                  squidev
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                  Actually, you are refering to a Windows Installer (a.k.a. MSI) property. Nothing to do with InstallShield. But AFAIK, it's their IDE that takes the prize X|

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                  • S squidev

                    Actually, you are refering to a Windows Installer (a.k.a. MSI) property. Nothing to do with InstallShield. But AFAIK, it's their IDE that takes the prize X|

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                    Jon Sagara
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                    Ah, I didn't realize that. Thanks for the clarification. Jon Sagara Look at him. He runs like a Welshman. Doesn't he run like a Welshman? Doesn't he? I think he runs like a Welshman. Sagara.org | Blog | My Articles

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                    • P peterchen

                      MSI seems to me the perfect solution to problems I never even heard of. Editing the tables "(progra-)manually" seems such a tricky thing - how come you do that?!


                      We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
                      boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                      Blake Miller
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                      We can add a DLL to our product's setup by merely editing a special text file that the builder interprets. No need to launch a GUI and then wait for some third-party tool to run. Our custom setup builder is one of the later stages of the nightly build. We ran into issues trying to automate both Wise AND InstallShield to our satisfaction. Secondly, there are no licensing issues 'per machine' with our custom tool. No shirt, no shoes, no brains, no service.

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