You know I have seen this question several times before and I was wondering if someone has put together a white paper on what the old Setup Wizard could do that InstallShield Express cant and what Installshield Express can do that the old setup wizard could not.

I have presently a very big application to move from VFP6 to VFP7 and I am very wary that InstallShield Express cant hold up to what I got the setup wizard to be able to do. All my users a very comfortable with how my applications is updated (data and exe). I dont have very warm fuzzys that the new VFP 7 way of doing things with setup will be just as easy for my users. We have a post executable that runs after the install that sets up data files, registry entries, etc.. I have a feeling this may not be handled to well in Install shield express.


>Hi Sandy,
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>VFP 7 comes with Installshield Express to use for installations. A section in the VFP Help on deployment gives directions for files to include in the installation etc. Kinda threw me for a loop too at first.
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>Bill
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>>Hello All,
>>Am I missing something? Our systems people bought for us the Profesional version of VFP 7.0 and I've downloaded the upgrades from MS. We have a number of exe's in use throughout the company and I've started changing out 6.0 versions to 7.0.
>>BUT, lo and behold, when I create the new exe in 7.0 and a user clicks on the icon, there is a missing dll file. FINE!
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>>SO, I go back to 7.0 to create installation disks, and THERE IS NO INSTALLATION WIZARD!!!!!!!! WHAT AM I MISSING!!!
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>>HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>PS - I really am calm (NOT)
>>Sandy