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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