You're probably right about the compression. As far as Installshield's intelligence, what you say is true, but since I won't necessarily be doing a setup for the same project each time, it still means that each new project is going to cost a lot of time in the setup creation.

I guess I'll have to look around for something better. I just hoped there was something about Installshield express that I was missing.

Thanks

Alan

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>>Since dynamic linking is not included, it seems, as far as I can figure out, that I need to drag all files and folders from my source install template hierarchy into the installation target destination folder. Then InstallShield begins to copy files - a process that takes approximately 4 or 5 eons. I can't imagine what method Installshield is using to copy files that could possibly take so long, but be that as it may, I have to believe there is a better way.
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>>Can somebody tell me what exactly I'm missing? How do I get the files into the target without having to spend the entire day doing it?
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>>Granted, my pc could be faster, but I can copy all the files using file manager from one place to another in probably a 50th of the time Installshield is taking.
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>I assume InstallShield creates a compressed version of the files. This would take much longer than simply copying files. If InstallShield is intelligent enough, the second time you create installation disks it should be much faster (since the compressed files exist already).
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>Hilmar.