Nsis Vs Installshield Error. Simple Fix for Windows Installation Error. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor.

The Old Joel on Software Forum: Part 1 (of 5) - WISE vs. InstallShield WISE vs. Program De Traducere Texte.

InstallShield Both have been around for a while, both are pretty expensive for an individual to afford for non-commercial purposes, both support Windows Installer Service (.msi), and of course, both claim on their websites that the other product is terrible. Does anyone feel strongly that one is superior to the other for anything other than UI / nitpicky reasons? Better yet, does anyone know of a cheaper (or free!) alternative that would be perfectly adequate for building user-friendly, 'no-brainer' setup packages for Windows? I don't really need anything all that fancy as I am mostly interested in automating the setup/upgrading of run-of-the-mill VB or Delphi based business apps that we use in a grocery store chain.

Also, it doesn't really matter to me whether the install builder integrates with any particular IDEs or not, if that opens up any choices. Tim Lara Thursday, August 29, 2002 Free.

InnoSetup - we use it! Pryor Thursday, August 29, 2002 Take a look at Setup Factory I don´t know if it´s cheap, but it´s a good one. Ricardo Antunes da Costa Thursday, August 29, 2002 Try SuperPiMP ( ) from Nullsoft ( ). It is free and imho easier to use and more powerfull than Installshield. Anonymous Coward Thursday, August 29, 2002 I agree with Michael. 100x easier to use than InstallShield Chris Thursday, August 29, 2002 I can not comment on Wise as I have not used it, but InstallShield is very cumbersome to use and I would rate myself as pretty experienced. Contoh Skripsi Kualitatif Pdf Creator. I will be checking out the posted links to find an easier tool!!

I would also be thinking twice before doing any more work with installshield, especially if there is an alternative. Regs, James Ladd Thursday, August 29, 2002 I'll also chime in here on behalf of InnoSetup. It's extremely simple but does everything I need it to do. Toshiba Satellite L30 Drivers For Windows 7 here. Not only that, but it's free and the complete source code is available. Ryan Eibling Thursday, August 29, 2002 Be aware that there are multiple products with similar names. WISE Installation System is a traditional script-based installer, whereas WISE for Windows Installer creates.MSI setups.

My recommendation is: if you don't specifically need Windows Installer support, stay away from it. It can be exceedingly complex, especially when it comes to upgrades. Windows Installer is a holistic system. It first determines what the final installation 'should' look like and then it makes your disk match that.

This is quite different from 'copy files to the disk' of traditional installers. It stores GUIDs in the registry, including GUIDs for every component (often for individual files), and it needs to refer to these in order to apply upgrades later on. This makes it tricky to whip up quick scripts to install a few files -- you can, but unless you get everything right (GUIDs) you will have problems in the future. The MSI is cached on the local disk so if you replace a file with a newer version without proper GUID-ness, don't be surprised if it gets 'repaired' to the old version.