Re: InstaFox - Inno setup

Author: Bob Lee

Posted: 2003-04-01 at 18:32:00

Welcome to your 15 minutes of Fame. !! you deserve it.

Bob Lee

----- Original Message -----

From: "Greg Gum" <GGum@gpaccessory.com>

To: <profox@leafe.com>

Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:27 PM

Subject: RE: InstaFox - Inno setup

> 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

>

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

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

> 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...

> 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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