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We're using InstallAware Studio[^]. We met one of the their founders at the ESWC last year and decided to take a look as we were looking for a new installation package (they waved two free licences for InstallAware Express under our noses so we'd have been mad not too). I have to say I was very impressed. I had a functional installer for our product in under an hour, with no obvious rough edges. Save for the addition of a splash screen and some minor mods for Vista it's hardly changed since. :)
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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I use it for a couple of my products. Its not bad and there are some guis out there for it too on sourceforge.
Steve Maier
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We're using InstallAware Studio[^]. We met one of the their founders at the ESWC last year and decided to take a look as we were looking for a new installation package (they waved two free licences for InstallAware Express under our noses so we'd have been mad not too). I have to say I was very impressed. I had a functional installer for our product in under an hour, with no obvious rough edges. Save for the addition of a splash screen and some minor mods for Vista it's hardly changed since. :)
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
InstallAware Studio
Yea, I was looking over their website earlier. How well does it handle getting the current version of .NET and calling the regasm.dll?
God Bless, Jason
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I inherited it from a previous developer and was a little apprehensive having used InstallShield in the past. It has turned out to be simple and reliable. There is a Eclipse plugin available that makes editing the scripts nice.
Thomas
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I use it :) You mention below, you want to do some extra .NET stuff. Mine does .NET 2 check + download if necesary, also runs ngen. If you wanna have a look @ http://xacc.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xacc/xacc.ide/xacc.ide.nsi?view=markup[^]
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jason_lakewhitney wrote:
I downloaded this NSIS[^] yesterday and will be reviewing it today. Has anyone used it? What installers do yall use?
just finished a new installer with options for multiple customers, added docs and help, etc. We've been running NSIS since 2.00
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I use WiX 2.0 (upgrading to 3.0 as we speak) as it ties in nicely with our continous integration and gives me full control over every aspect of the install. Downside is there is a definite learning curve here but once competency is reached a great deal of satisfaction results.
You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.
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me too! Advanced Installer is 1/4 the price of InstallShield and Wise, is easy to use, and pretty powerful. We haven't regretted the decision to buy it. - Sean
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I've used NSIS for years. But with .Net now I usually do a Studio setup project for the install, and NSIS for patches. I've always liked NSIS. From the makers of WinAmp and AssIO! :laugh:
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I use WiX 2.0 (upgrading to 3.0 as we speak) as it ties in nicely with our continous integration and gives me full control over every aspect of the install. Downside is there is a definite learning curve here but once competency is reached a great deal of satisfaction results.
You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.
I was just going to ask about WIX. I know Microsoft uses it for some of their biggest products (MS Office stands out in my mind), but I haven't heard any actual reviews or opinions on it. Good to know that although there is a steep learning curve, it is very useful once the learning is done. Being free doesn't hurt either :)
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I was just going to ask about WIX. I know Microsoft uses it for some of their biggest products (MS Office stands out in my mind), but I haven't heard any actual reviews or opinions on it. Good to know that although there is a steep learning curve, it is very useful once the learning is done. Being free doesn't hurt either :)
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I agree. For non-MSI installations, InnoSetup is really good. :)