From experience, I would recommend the Express version (free with VFP7). If you need to run Custom Actions at any point in the setup, get the $350 version. Also, if you need the final setup.exe to be as small as possible, get the $350 version.
IMHO, InstallShield Professional is way overkill for most VFP setups...
>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,
>>>
>>>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!
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any advice on the above and even which utility to purchase would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA.