>Hi,
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>I am looking for a good solid installer for my company. Any one had good recommendation which software to get ?
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>Actually, I had tried installshield before, it lack features in allowing user to selectively uninstall our program if our program is make up of like 03 program. Any one know of any installer that is user friendly and easily to create installation program and MUST allow user to selectively select which program to uninstall, not uninstall all the program.
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InstallShield Professional is about as good as I've run into; unfortunately, it is not automatic in incorporating VFP application installs and providing selective uninstallation. it does, however, provide a very complete programming language that will generally allow you to write whatever is needed; this includes the creation of multiple install packages, each resulting in their own uninstallation package. A covering uninstaller can be written to invoke one or more of the uninstallation packages based on user dialogs.
If you're wiiling to invest the time in learning to use the Setup API in WIndows, Windows Scripting Host, inconjunction with custom installs created using Setup Wizrds, can be used to accomplish most of the same taks. It requires a bit more programming (InstallShield will automagically build a default uninstall action per package created; using WSH, you've gotta roll your own each time.)
I haven't used any of the newer installers like WIse; I've already invested heavily in InstallShield, and haven't found much I can't get it do for me with enough investment in programming.