[DUG] InstallAware Questions

[Cheng Wei (FMI)]

Hi John and Alister,

Thanks for your comments, I will certainly try Inno.

|The only thing I haven't found a way to do in the standard 
|program is : I like to keep a backup program folder (called 
|OldPrograms) and copy the old version into there before the 
|update is installed - Inno doesn't seem to have a way to 
|process operations for the older site versions of the sent 
|files before installing the new ones.

John, my existing installer does exactly what you have just described.
We can rollback to previous versions at any time. The beauty of a pure
Delphi install component is that your installer is just another Delphi
project, you can do absolutely anything during installation.

Thanks
Cheng

|-----Original Message-----
|From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz 
|[mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On Behalf Of John Bird
|Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 2:20 p.m.
|To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
|Subject: RE: [DUG] InstallAware Questions
|
|I have found the inno setup very easy to use - I have setups 
|that do various tasks from installing a new site, to 
|installing updates, down to a minimal one that just creates a 
|desktop shortcut and nothing else.  It has all the useful 
|features such as making folders, conditional installs of files 
|(copying certain files only if later or always installing the 
|sent version
|etc) etc.
|
|
|John
|
|-----Original Message-----
|From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz 
|[mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On Behalf Of Conor Boyd
|Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 1:02 p.m.
|To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
|Subject: RE: [DUG] InstallAware Questions
|
|
|Another alternative is to fully script it yourself using Inno 
|Setup (which is written in Delphi).  The scripting language it 
|provides is very similar to Delphi, and you should be able to 
|find references in the Inno Setup forums to other posters 
|using Inno Setup to deploy database stuff, although I haven't 
|done it myself.
|
|http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
|
|BTW, it's free and open-source.
|
|HTH,
|
|Conor
|
|-----Original Message-----
|From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz 
|[mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
|On Behalf Of Cheng Wei (FMI)
|
|Has anyone used "InstallAware" to deploy their 
|Delphi/Interbase apps? What's your experience (good & bad) 
|with the product? I'm especially interested in its SQL capabilities.
|
|Your comments will be much appreciated.
|
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