Hi Chris, that's a really good info! I have worked already with innoSetup, but have never realized the external flag. That will be my approach for win. I wasn't keen on building my own setup :)
Does anybody knows same for a Mac installer? And not being a Mac user, what is the difference, if a program is installed into the program folder instead of just copied the whole DVD into any folder? Are there any special functionalities connected with programs in the program folder, what a Mac user expects? Thanks Tiemo > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Chris Sheffield > Gesendet: Freitag, 14. November 2008 16:05 > An: How to use Revolution > Betreff: Re: building a installer with rev > > Tiemo, > > Speaking from experience, while you can certainly create your own > installer using Rev, it ends up being a fair amount of work. You could > save a lot of time using another installer tool. > > Most installers (InnoSetup for one, and it's totally free) will allow > you to keep your files external to the installer. In other words, you > can opt not to compress the files, and have the installer do a simple > copy action instead. Simply use the "external" flag. That way, your > app could still run straight from the DVD, but you'd also have an easy > interface for allowing the user to copy files to HD. If you're not > familiar with InnoSetup, I recommend using ISTool, a third-party > interface that provides a lot of extra functionality that you would > otherwise have to script yourself. > > HTH, > Chris Sheffield > > > On Nov 14, 2008, at 1:54 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have read the archives about this issue, but didn't found an > > answer to my > > specific needs. Perhaps somebody can give me some advice. What I > > want to do > > is to distribute my app on DVD-ROM for Mac and Win. It is heavily > > based on > > Videos (7.5GB), that's why the medium is not a CD-ROM, but a double > > layer > > DVD-9. My app should be runable direct from DVD-ROM (on Win with > > autostart), that's why I can't have any packaged/zipped content on the > > DV-ROM. So far no problem. Now I want to supply the user that he can > > also > > install / copy the whole app on HD to be independent of the DVD-ROM. > > Here I > > have some open questions. > > > > On Mac: > > > > - The easiest way would be to tell the user, that he just can copy > > the whole > > DVD-ROM into any folder on HD and that's it. I think to provide a > > "copyAll-setup" wouldn't bring much more comfort > > > > - Are there any issues, not to do this, or what the user would > > expect coming > > along with a HD install (like a desktop alias on Win)? > > > > On Win: > > > > - All installers I have seen so far want to compress/zip the content > > of my > > app on the medium and do an unzip while installing. Because all my > > files > > have to be runable from DVD, they can't be compressed and I can't > > use any > > installer (like innosetup or installgadget or stuffit) Do you know any > > installer, which just can copy the files without having them packaged > > before? > > > > So my thought was to create my own setup with rev, which just copies > > all the > > content of my DVD to HD, I don't need any drivers, registry settings > > or > > things like that, just a full copy. > > > > - If I would offer the user to install into the standard C:\program > > files, > > how will Vista give me the privilege of admin rights to copy to that > > destination? I have read sometime before, that Vista just recognizes > > a setup > > from the name "setup.exe". Is this true and sufficient? How to > > prevent from > > being virtualized? > > > > - How can I create an alias on the desktop and startmenu to my app > > with rev? > > Is it possible at all? > > > > - How to create an uninstall? After having deleted all my files in > > C:\programm files\ (what thinks Vista about that?), how do I delete > > "myself" > > (the uninstall.exe) Never done such a thing before. > > > > - Are there any other issues, I haven't thought about yet and I > > should tell > > the win user also, just to copy the DVD wherever he wants to and has > > to care > > about it for himself? > > > > Thanks for your experience and recommendations > > > > Tiemo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > -- > Chris Sheffield > Read Naturally, Inc. > www.readnaturally.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution