On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 14:22, Miguel A Paraz wrote: > On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 11:41:49AM +0800, Gideon N. Guillen wrote: > > I guess the difference is that WiX, unlike other windows installers is > > that this one is from Micro$oft, and more "developers" will dig it > > because it has the "M$ Seal of Approval". Especially those "developers" > > who only know M$ development tools. They'll dig on to it not because > > it's open-source, but because of M$. > > > and it produces .MSI files. these are not executable files, and from my > reading of the MS literature, they contain dependencies and such. > > on the other hand, InstallShield and InstallAnywhere (which I've used - > it's a Java app) produce .exe's. >
as a side note for those not wanting to pay for installation-creation application... an easy to use one is InnoSetup (http://www.jrsoftware.org/). it's free even for commercial use. of course there's also NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/) for those wanting it to be open source. these both create .exe's without dependencies. plus they're open source just like WiX. my post is definitely not concerning MS's WiX. but just wanted to let people know and give options. dex ps - if my post looks like a bunch of thoughts bunched together, sorry. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
