>To All:
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>We are currently in the market for the best installation program for Visual FoxPro and was wondering if anyone is using Install Shield. If so, what are the good and the bad aspects of using Install Shield? Are there any problems with installing the Visual FoxPro runtime? Or registering Active X controls? How about workstation installation vs. full system installation? Any problems noted? We have looked at a demo of Install Shield and a demo of Wise Installation System to compare the two and like Install Shield better. Any input to this subject would be appreciated. Thanks for any responses!!!
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>Regards,
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>John

I have been programming in PowerBuilder for the last 2 months and it comes with I believe InstallShield 5. I have played with it and it can do anything and everything you would ever want an install program to do and more. The problem (to some people) is that with those abilities comes the headache of figuring out how to do it. The help files aren't too hot and you have to do some script programming to get alot of those features. It took me a couple of hours just to do a simple setup that would copy .dll files to the System dir and the program files to their program dir and one of the hardest parts was figuring out how to add your program to the start menu. Once you learn these steps, it becomes pretty easy but it took a while to learn.