How do I Include a Setup Program

rbjo...@therightside.demon.co.uk (RBJ)

Delphi Developer

Sun, 21 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

How do I Include a Setup Program

How can I have a proper Installation for my delphi Programs? i.e.Run
setup.exe and it installs everything fine. Like most professional apps
and shareware products have.

I am a delphi 1 user.

Barry
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Delphi Developer

Mon, 22 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do I Include a Setup Program

On Wed, 04 Jun 1997 21:44:45 GMT, rbjo...@therightside.demon.co.uk (RBJ)
wrote:

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>and shareware products have.

>I am a delphi 1 user.

If you are programming from Windows95 in Delphi 1.x you might consider
InstallShield Express 2.0, otherwise you will have to make do with
InstallShield3.

Both these products can be found at http://www.installshield.com/ although
InstallShield3 has no information anymore. You can however fill out a
request to get information on it.

Another product is WISE. It may be cheaper, but also uses a scripting
interface (same as InstallShield3). You can find WISE at
http://www.glbs.com/.

But I believe that InstallShield is the industry-standard and you cannot go
wrong with them.

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Chuck Becke

Delphi Developer

Mon, 22 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do I Include a Setup Program

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There are a couple of options. I'll quickly dismiss option #1, namely,
write an install program yourself from scratch. Although Delphi provides
lots of tools, and there are even some install components out there, if
you're going to do a proper job of it (not hard-coded, handle all the
options, etc), you're looking at a monstrous job. Option #2 is prefered:
buy a commercial product specifically to build installs. As far as I can
tell, all are good, but I chose "Wise Installation System" because it
specifically supports the BDE. Contact them at www.glbs.com and expect to
spend a half-day learning the product.

Hope this helps <--- Chuck

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> How can I have a proper Installation for my delphi Programs? i.e.Run
> setup.exe and it installs everything fine. Like most professional apps
> and shareware products have.

> I am a delphi 1 user.

> Barry
> Reply via e-mail if possible
> Start your day with a quote!
> http://www.therightside.demon.co.uk/quotes/groucho/index.htm

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Sundial Servic

Delphi Developer

Mon, 22 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do I Include a Setup Program

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In article <01bc720a$494db4c0$92a16bc7@mycomputer> "Chuck Becker" <clbec...@jps.net> writes:
>There are a couple of options. I'll quickly dismiss option #1, namely,
>write an install program yourself from scratch. Although Delphi provides
>lots of tools, and there are even some install components out there, if
>you're going to do a proper job of it (not hard-coded, handle all the
>options, etc), you're looking at a monstrous job. Option #2 is prefered:
>buy a commercial product specifically to build installs. As far as I can
>tell, all are good, but I chose "Wise Installation System" because it
>specifically supports the BDE. Contact them at www.glbs.com and expect to
>spend a half-day learning the product.
>Hope this helps <--- Chuck
>RBJ <rbjo...@therightside.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
><3395d7e9.105...@news.demon.co.uk>...
>> How can I have a proper Installation for my delphi Programs? i.e.Run
>> setup.exe and it installs everything fine. Like most professional apps
>> and shareware products have.

I second this recommendation, and agree with Chuck's choice of product. There
are, of course, a number of installers on the market, and even more that are
freeware or shareware. But if you want to "cut to the quick and buy one
that'll probably do exactly what you want," I'd choose Wise. In fact, I did.

Mike Lavesper

Delphi Developer

Tue, 23 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do I Include a Setup Program

Be careful with InstallShield Express 2.0. Although it is supposed to, it
does not handle the BDE installation properly when working with Delphi
3/BDE 4.

Chuck Becker <clbec...@jps.net> wrote in article
<01bc720a$494db4c0$92a16bc7@mycomputer>...
There are a couple of options. I'll quickly dismiss option #1, namely,
write an install program yourself from scratch. Although Delphi provides
lots of tools, and there are even some install components out there, if
you're going to do a proper job of it (not hard-coded, handle all the
options, etc), you're looking at a monstrous job. Option #2 is prefered:
buy a commercial product specifically to build installs. As far as I can
tell, all are good, but I chose "Wise Installation System" because it
specifically supports the BDE. Contact them at www.glbs.com and expect to
spend a half-day learning the product.

Hope this helps <--- Chuck

RBJ <rbjo...@therightside.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<3395d7e9.105...@news.demon.co.uk>...

Quote

> How can I have a proper Installation for my delphi Programs? i.e.Run
> setup.exe and it installs everything fine. Like most professional apps
> and shareware products have.

> I am a delphi 1 user.

> Barry
> Reply via e-mail if possible
> Start your day with a quote!
> http://www.therightside.demon.co.uk/quotes/groucho/index.htm

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A.A. Olowofoye

Delphi Developer

Tue, 23 Nov 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do I Include a Setup Program

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RBJ (rbjo...@therightside.demon.co.uk) wrote:

: How can I have a proper Installation for my delphi Programs? i.e.Run
: setup.exe and it installs everything fine. Like most professional apps
: and shareware products have.

Try out Chief's Installer Pro (location below).

Best regards, The Chief
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Email: la...@keele.ac.uk
Author of: Chief's Installer Pro 3.50 for Win16 and Win32:
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