Hi Allan I use Install Shield professional and this is very powerfull I don't know Wise, but if you have VFP 7 You also have Install Shield Express for free
perhaps this will fit your needs this way you don't have to spend a penny.

>We are interested in purchasing a installation utility for commercial distribution of our applications which will .EXE and encrypted in Refox. There will be .OCX, .DLL, applications files, etc.
>The apps themselves will be VPF5/6 intially and eventually VFP 7.
>The apps will running on W95, W98, W2000 and eventually XP workstations.
>We do not need any sort of licensing control, since it is build into the app itself.
>We would like the utility to create an icon in a program group and/or desktop.
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>I have been to the WEB sites from both Wise and InstallShield and there seems to be a wide variation in their pricing and features. Of course, both companies state that their product is the best.
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>Since we have not distributed an app in this manner before we really can not determine which features are important or when they would be used.
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>Any advice on the above and even which utility to purchase would be greatly appreciated.
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>TIA.