>>Just use the setup wizard and be done with it. VFP6 allows you to build a "Web" executable, which is a single, compressed install file that contains everything you need.
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>I can appreciate that... Wish it were that easy. Will the setup wizard allow me to prompt for data directories and write that info and more to the registry?
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You can specify a post set-up executable can will do anything you want.


>Installshield does everything cleanly and looks very professional. This app is targeted at administration level folks and needs to be very simple and clean. Will I ever accomplish that look and feel with the setup wizard?

The setup wizard looks professional enough, IMHO. I use it exclusively.


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>Does the setup wizard analyze the end user's system and decide which run-time files to install at install-time? If so, Installshield will never do that for me.

Not sure what you mean here. ActiveX controls? Why are you afraid of untimr files being copied out if they are already there? IMO, this makes for a safer, cleaner install, because if something ever goeds wrong with your app, (corrupted file) you acn be sure that a reinstall will get all components.