I think that this is a case of not knowing which questions to ask :(.
I have a print out of the feature comparision chart.
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the * usage * of the various features and can not make an educated decision as to which version I need.
Something like 'which was first - the chicken or the egg'?

>Alan I really don't know you should check what you can do with the express, and with the professionsl/developer and see if that worth the money for you and your company.
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>>Alexandre,
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>>We do not have VFP7 yet, but I see that the price of Install Shield Express is $349 (US$) - that certainly helps to offset the cost of VFP7!
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>>There is a limited time special for the Developer Edition where its price is the same as Professional ($999 US$).
>>Do you think that the additional features in Professional are important compared to the Express? As I stated earlier, I do not now how to judge whether I would need them or not.
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>>>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.
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>>>>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.