>Bill, I have not had much need for IS but was concerned with all the talk of the problems developers were experiencing. I got this response from Joe Kaufman:
>
>Inno has nothing to do with InstallShield (maybe you just meant it was an alternative...). Inno
>is its own standalone setup-generating program that is free of charge for personal and commercial
>use. Here is a sample of a setup file in Inno that generates a self-extracting SETUP.EXE for a
>simple VFP project (one EXE, a doc file, and the VFP runtime):
>-----------------------------------------------
>[Setup]
>Compression=bzip/9
>OutputDir=\\ITCORP2\D\PACKAGE\DBSpy
>OutputBaseFilename=setup
>AlwaysCreateUninstallIcon=Yes
>AppName=DB Spy
>AppVerName=DB Spy Version 1.0
>AppCopyright=Copyright © 2001 American Agrisurance Inc.
>DefaultDirName={pf}\DBSpy
>DefaultGroupName=AmAg Apps
>Uninstallable=Yes
>UninstallDisplayName=DB Spy 1.0
>UninstallFilesDir={app}\uninst
>MinVersion=4,3.51
>
>[Files]
>Source: "dbspy.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"
>Source: "DB Spy.doc"; DestDir: "{app}"
>Source: "C:\WINNT\system32\VFP6R.DLL"; DestDir: "{sys}"
>Source: "C:\WINNT\system32\VFP6RENU.DLL"; DestDir: "{sys}"
>
>[Icons]
>Name: "{group}\DB Spy"; Filename: "{app}\dbspy.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}"
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Check out the Inno site at: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.htm
>for more information. It is a great tool, and the free price can't be beat! I am slowly getting
>developers here to start using it instead of the VFP setup Wizard...
>
>
>

Your link does not work as I get an Access Forbidden message. I would like to see other software that can be a substitute for IS but know what VFP is and what is needed when a setup is being created.