RE: InstaFox - Inno setup

Author: Greg Gum

Posted: 2003-04-01 at 17:09:00

I would be happy to.

Give me a couple days to put a powerpoint presentation together that I

am going to use at my User Group meeting Thursday, and then I will post

it along with a sample script and a walkthrough of what it is and does.

I am happy to see the interest in the product - I am the self-appointed

evanglist for Inno SetUp in the Fox World!

Greg

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From: Bob Lee [mailto:BobL@1amsoftware.com]=20

Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:12 AM

To: profox@leafe.com

Subject: Re: InstaFox - Inno setup

would you mind publishing a basic setup with inno ? Great product... =20

Thanks=20

Bob Lee=20

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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=20

> the hang of it. I even attended a session at the last Whilfest on it.

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> Inno setup, on the other hand, was very easy to understand and use,=20

> 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=20

> 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.

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> Hopefully, I am going to present a session on it at the Whilfest this=20

> year, and on Thursday, I am going to do a session on it to my=20

> usergroup.

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> Greg

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> -----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

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> Hi Greg,

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> How does Inno setup compare with InstallShield that comes with VFP?

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> Roger

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: profox-admin@leafe.com [mailto:profox-admin@leafe.com]On Behalf=20

> Of Greg Gum

> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:32 AM

> To: profox@leafe.com

> Subject: RE: InstaFox

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> InstaFox is written by Fowler Software Design in Colorado - a firm I=20

> used to work for. All I all, a good company, they taught me a lot,=20

> but they didn't have enough work to keep me busy, so I moved on. I=20

> noticed it being advertised in FoxPro Advisor for a few months, then=20

> they quit. I can only guess there wasn't much of a market for it.

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> But as far as an Installer written in Fox, I would have to stop and=20

> ask "Why?" It's not what Fox does best.

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> 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,=20

> what more could you ask for?

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> 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=20

> certain point, the brain cells stop braining and I think I have=20

> reached that point.

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> Greg

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> -----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

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> Hi All,

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> 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.

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> Thanks,

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> Jacci Adams

> Lindsay-Adams Consulting

> jacci@neo.rr.com

> GCPCUG: Consulting SIG - Facilitator

> GCPCUG: FoxPro SIG - Facilitator

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