AW: Installer software

Skip Kimpel skiplondon at gmail.com
Sat Dec 10 13:01:28 EST 2016


+1

> On Dec 10, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Dave Kilroy <dave at applicationinsight.com> wrote:
> 
> Well when I was a Visual Studio guy if you wanted any sort of a decent
> installer you had to use 3rd party software
> 
> Making good Windows installers can be a big thing - and it used to be the
> market leader product for this (this is about 8 years ago now) was
> InstallShield and that was PRICEY! Like a couple of thousand pounds
> 
> There were and are of course many open source solutions such as Inno Setup
> ... but like I said earlier my particular favourite was Setup Builder...
> 
> Also, the typical scenario I came across was the devs would make something
> shiny and then expect the guys with the relevant experience to knock up the
> installer over the weekend - sometimes this was possible but often it
> wouldn't be depending on what functionality was needed
> 
> So no, I don't expect LiveCode to include an installer and would prefer
> Edinburgh spend time on developing other stuff instead
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
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