Anyone knows good FREE setup maker (not PDW)?

[AndyK]

I need good, easy to use setup maker which gives me few options and when compiled it makes one self-extracting EXE

Thank You

[Rippin]

You could use Microsoft's Visual Installer ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/vsi/download.asp ). I have used it for all of my most recent apps. It gives you WAAAY more control over the setup program than PDW does.

Rippin

[Chris Eastwood]

One of the best 'free' installers that I've found is 'Freeman Installer' from http://netnet.net/~freeman/ - it has all kinds of features (even a kind-of scripting language built in) and lets you customise just about every step of the installation procedure.

Be warned though, it's mainly aimed at C/C++ developers and if I remember correctly, doesn't handle dependancies (at least, not as well as PDW).


Chris Eastwood

CodeGuru - the website for developers
http://codeguru.developer.com/vb

[Arun Sahoo]

I have downloaded the VSI
Package I made is running fine in my machine.
If i am trying in other PC it is giving error
correct version of MDAC_TYP is not found.

[Crazy D @ Work]

Well then you need to run mdac_typ.exe and probably dcom9x.exe

Crazy D @ Work :-)

[Lothar Haensler]

you shouldn't need a DCOM installation on an NT machine. DCOM is part of NT (4)