I would add WiX to the list of considerations. I have used InstallShield and Wise in the past. We decided several months ago to either migrate to WiX or upgrade Wise. We chose WiX and have not looked back.
Unless you use the scripting engine of IS, which I would heavily advise against, WiX will do everything the other guys do and having the source being xml make it much more understandable and better for version control. The other guys may now save the source in readable format now, but I am not sure. Another benefit our company got out of the switch is that it can now be part of everyone's build process. So, now a dev can build an installed version of the product at their desk, which they have liked. Best of all, if cost is a concern, you can't beat the price of WiX. $0.00 Good Luck with your decision. -john Matt Walker wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm new to the group and was pointed here by an individual from whom > I've received valuable assistance on many .NET, install related topics > over the past several years. I know this is a Wix users group, but I'm > hoping someone can give me some insight, guidance, etc. > > > > We as a company are looking to switch our install build product. The > company whose product we use has undergone several company > takeovers/changes recently and it doesn't look like the development > effort is there for this particular product. > > > > We've been focusing on InstallShield 2010 and InstallAware 9. I've used > InstallShield products in the past and never really had any major > problems to speak of. IS seemed fairly easy to use and suited all of > our needs. This seems to be the case with InstallShield 2010. > > > > InstallAware is a tool of a different kind as it appears to be primarily > script based but does have a Visual interface as well. It might be > because I could be subconsciously hooked on InstallShield, but > InstallAware seems cumbersome to me. I guess that may also be that I'm > just not used to their way of doing things. Conversion for us would > take a larger amount of time with this product, but if it works and is > stable, that really won't matter much to me. > > > > What I've heard and from what I already knew, they are both major > players with InstallShield having a longer lifespan so far. I've been > told that InstallAware claims to be on the cutting edge, but their > installs at times display weird behavior. > > > > I'm trying to find an individual(s) that has used both or similar > products for a compare and contrast of sorts. What are the pros and > cons? Early on, > > > > Of course price will be a factor for us, but I just want to be sure > after making a selection I don't miss major advantages of the product > that is left behind by our decision. > > > > Please help if you can. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/InstallShield-2010-vs-InstallAware-9-tp3993097p3994391.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
