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January 28th, 2007, 12:17 PM
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InstallShield alternative?
Can anyone recommend a good alternative to InstallShield (specifically, something less expensive)? I've searched sourceforge.net but didn't come up with anything, wondering if anyone out there has any suggestions.
I regularly work with VB6, MSVC++ 6, and C#, and would like to find a good installer that can cover them all.
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January 28th, 2007, 03:12 PM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
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January 28th, 2007, 03:31 PM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
Innosetup is pretty good.
I have used it alot.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
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January 29th, 2007, 08:22 AM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
Originally Posted by BytePtr
Very very good!
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January 29th, 2007, 08:43 AM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
I recommend looking at NSIS. I've used it for one of my projects. It's open source and pretty straightforward with examples and extensible for custom install code.
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January 29th, 2007, 10:35 AM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
Thanks to you all for the recommendations. The most votes here (and elsewhere on the Web) seem to be for Inno Setup and NSIS, I'll be taking a look at them both.
-- Is there any one thing that sets Inno and NSIS apart from each other, any reason to use one over the other?
-- Quick question regarding NSIS... it looks like it gives you a choice of GUI to develop scripts, is the Eclipse editor the best to use?
Thanks again
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January 29th, 2007, 10:44 AM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
In InnoSetup, simple things are easy to do yet there are many many advanced features which let you solve common tasks very elegently.
Inno uses plain text INI style entries - things like 'put this exe there' and 'create this reg-entry' are very simple to add/edit. Each action can be conditional on user choices and/or the target environment.
For more complex actions there's support for running Pascal script functions, which (amoungst other things) let you create and use COM automation objects such as MSXML DOM objects.
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January 29th, 2007, 03:03 PM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
ahoodin
To keep the plot moving, that's why.
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September 20th, 2011, 03:22 PM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
This thread is a bit old, but I thought my finding may help others.
I was searching for a cheaper or free alternative to InstallShield. I tried WiX but found it too complicated. In the end I found Advanced Installer. It's mostly oriented towards usability, so there are a lot of wizards and built-in stuff.
So if you're looking for an easy solution, you can try it. It even has a free version.
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September 21st, 2011, 07:15 AM
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Re: InstallShield alternative?
Originally Posted by Zaccheus
In InnoSetup, simple things are easy to do yet there are many many advanced features which let you solve common tasks very elegently.
Inno uses plain text INI style entries
Yes I have used InnoSetup to make great installation programs! I also find that InnoSetup Scripts are easily debugged and very flexible.
ahoodin
To keep the plot moving, that's why.
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