[Harbour] mpkg_win.nsi issue

[Massimo Belgrano]

I want also suggest see an open source installer http://www.installjammer.com/


2009/3/2 Phil Barnett <philb at philb.us>:
> Viktor Szakáts wrote:
>>
>> Exactly, plus some more:
>> - You often need to be admin to do it. (if you rename Harbour  installer
>> to setup.exe, it will ask for password, Windows does  this "intelligently"
>> by itself)
>> - They sometimes fail if you change the default install path.
>> - You cannot be sure you've installed for yourself or for all users.
>>  Sometimes the programs aren't sure either, and some bits are  here, some
>> others there.
>> - You install an upgrade and you don't know if it has overwritten  the
>> other package, or extended it, and many times you get  an additional entry
>> in the add/remove programs list.
>> - If you uninstall, will it remove a) the upgrade only b) the  whole last
>> version c) all files belonging to this program.
>>  Will any additional add/remove program list entries removed?
>> - Will it need a reboot?
>> - Many times the whole install package is archived in some  buried OS
>> directories, and it will never be deleted from there.
>> - Many times it fails to remove its own temp files.
>> - Sometime you need to unpack the install, _then_ be able to run it.
>>  After that you need to clean up yourself, of course, sometimes  as admin
>> user.
>> - You have to go get the install packages and go through all  installs and
>> updates _again_ if you change computer (or OS  version).
>> - And we didn't even touch dependencies and .dlls.
>>
>> Worst nightmare :) MS is strongly convinced that users like this (they
>> haven't seen better), so don't expect this to change anytime soon.
>
> Boy, isn't this the truth?
>
> I have started using Inno installer on Windows. You can use it's built in
> scripting language to do whatever you want. It compiles the installation
> into a setup.exe for you. This contains all the files and the script to do
> whatever you want. I have even seen it detect missing .net versions and
> offer to go fetch and install them. As far as uninstall goes, you can tell
> it exactly what to do. It's similar to Installshield in many ways except the
> one I find most important... source code is available (not open source) and
> the price is right...  free.
>
> This is a very nice installer for Windows.
>
> http://www.innosetup.com/isinfo.php
>
> And, there is a support community built up around it. This allows you to
> have an expert build you your first scripts and then you can expand them
> from there. Makes it a lot quicker to get a basic install working.
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Massimo Belgrano