I would like to distribute my app using InstallShield Express for Delphi,
that came with D5P. Is it a good (free) choice, or is there something
better?

- daniel

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For simple installations it works fine. Its not real good at installing the
BDE, has a ~64KB limit on its install description file, and can be annoying
at times. My personal preference is ICE (formerly Youseful) at
www.nevronal.com/ice which is open source, is Delphi VCL based and very
extensible.

Is there an install program that does an incremental install (like IE) so
you can download/install only components the user requests? I'm considering
writing my own install routine for an app I made, so this would be
interesting if one already supports this.

Have a great day!

Ernest
(efairch...@home.com)

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Daniel,

I tried using it for a few months but I prefer Wise Install from

http://www.wisesolutions.com

InstallMaker is about the same level as InstallShield Express. A large
number of installations that don't use InstallShield seem to use Wise. For
me it produced self-installing EXEs at about half the size. It also has a
very neat upgrade patch feature that I believe they should make more of a
song and dance about.

If you are on a limited budget and producing Freeware / Shareware, Installer
Vise have a good offer:

http://www.mindvision.com/index2.html

I haven't given this one a try but it looks promising.

Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com.au

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I would have to recommend Inno Setup with Extensions. It's capable of
doing everything that InstallShield can do, but better. It's faster,
handles internet-deployed apps better, and only creates one setup
file. It also distributes the BDE. Inno Setup with Extensions is an
extension of the excellent Inno Setup.

It's run from a script, but ISTool is a GUI front end that is very
easy to use.

http://www.wintax.nl/isx/ for Inno Setup with Extensions.
http://www.bhenden.org/istool/ for ISTool.

http://www.innosetup.com is the main Inno Setup page. (You do not need
to d/l Inno Setup if you d/l Inno Setup with Extensions). Look at the
How-To's at this site for BDE deployment.

Oh, and it's all freeware.

Hope this helps.

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I support this.
I'm using Wise 5 (from '97, I guess), and I just love it.

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Bjoerge Saether
Consultant / Developer
http://www.itte.no
Asker, Norway
bjorgeremovet...@itte.no (remove the obvious)

Thank you all for these helpful links... I've checked out some and I'll
fiddle with 'm before I make my choice. it all looks very promising.

- daniel

Anything else than InstallShield.

I have had alot of problems using this, even for simple installations.
Works very bad with earlier OS'es, like win95, apart from that its ok.

When you know the limitations get something like Wise for Windows Installer,
or just
Wise installer, as the new Windows Installer can be tricky to use.

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Regards
Ingolf

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There are several good installers that are freeware/open source. My personal
preference is ICE (formerly a commercial product called Youseful) at
http://www.nevrona.com/ice/.