Author: Bob Lee
Posted: 2003-04-01 at 12:29:00
would you mind publishing a basic setup with inno ? Great product...
Thanks
Bob Lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Gum" <GGum@gpaccessory.com>
To: <profox@leafe.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: InstaFox - Inno setup
> Well, I pulled out the InstallSheild VFP, but never could quite get the
> hang of it. I even attended a session at the last Whilfest on it.
>
> Inno setup, on the other hand, was very easy to understand and use, and
> there is nothing that I have come across so far that it cannot do. It
> compresses your files, installs them, regesters OCX's, creates shortcuts
> and menu items, creates an uninstall program, and presents a
> professional image to your users. You can put your own custom messages
> etc in it, such as license, post set up ect.
>
> Hopefully, I am going to present a session on it at the Whilfest this
> year, and on Thursday, I am going to do a session on it to my usergroup.
>
> Greg
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Kuperways [mailto:roger.kuperways@verizon.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:21 AM
> To: profox@leafe.com
> Subject: RE: InstaFox - Inno setup
>
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> How does Inno setup compare with InstallShield that comes with VFP?
>
> Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profox-admin@leafe.com [mailto:profox-admin@leafe.com]On Behalf Of
> Greg Gum
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:32 AM
> To: profox@leafe.com
> Subject: RE: InstaFox
>
>
> InstaFox is written by Fowler Software Design in Colorado - a firm I
> used to work for. All I all, a good company, they taught me a lot, but
> they didn't have enough work to keep me busy, so I moved on. I noticed
> it being advertised in FoxPro Advisor for a few months, then they quit.
> I can only guess there wasn't much of a market for it.
>
> But as far as an Installer written in Fox, I would have to stop and ask
> "Why?" It's not what Fox does best.
>
> Like Rich recommended, I use Inno setup, and I have come to love it as
> much as I love the Fox - it's powerful, easy to use, and Free! Whee,
> what more could you ask for?
>
> God, it's late and I am really tired, but I have been pushing to get a
> release good enough to, well, release tomarrow at noon. But at a
> certain point, the brain cells stop braining and I think I have reached
> that point.
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profox-admin@leafe.com [mailto:profox-admin@leafe.com] On Behalf
> Of Jacci
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:08 PM
> To: profox@leafe.com
> Subject: InstaFox
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was just wondering if anyone has heard of or used InstaFox to create
> VFP installations? All I know it is written in VFP and comes with the
> source code. If you have, I'd like your opinion on it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacci Adams
> Lindsay-Adams Consulting
> jacci@neo.rr.com
> GCPCUG: Consulting SIG - Facilitator
> GCPCUG: FoxPro SIG - Facilitator
>
>
>
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