happy to have been of help.

phil

On Thursday, August 29, 2013, Usman Bhatti <usman.bhatti@gmail.com> wrote:
> After all, I achieved the creation of MSI with the combination of Inno setup and MSI wrapper.
> Inno setup allows creating a setup.exe from a build script and do several types of tasks at the time of installation. A mere skeleton can be created with the wizard and then changing it isn't so difficult. Moreover, there are many pointers on the web.
> Creating an MSI wrapper (http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi) for the setup file created with Inno is just a matter of a few clicks.
> Tx for very helpful pointers.
> Usman
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:34 AM, phil@highoctane.be <phil@highoctane.be> wrote:
>>
>> You can also use Inno Setup which is nice, easy, and free.
>> http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php#features
>>
>> But ok, it doesn't do MSI.
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6245260/installers-wix-or-inno-setup
>>
>> But you can get around that with�http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi
>> Good luck.
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Hern�n Morales Durand <hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have never tried but it seems you can wrap installer in MSI files using WiX http://wixtoolset.org/ and this package http://www.exemsi.com/
>>>
>>> To write the installer check this out:
>>>
>>> http://code.google.com/p/biosmalltalk/wiki/NSISInstallerScript
>>>
>>> Hern�n
>>>
>>> El 26/08/2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti escribi�:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, St�phane Ducasse
>>>> <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> � � �> Hello,
>>>> � � �>
>>>> � � �> Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software
>>>> � � as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
>>>>
>>>> � � what is an MSI?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows
>>>> installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry
>>>> keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the
>>>> software and upgrading it, etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> � � �> I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to
>>>> � � create the MSI.
>>>>
>>>> � � Do you mean installing a Pharo App?
>>>> � � What means installing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine:
>>>> creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any scripts
>>>> that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time,
>>>> its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some
>>>> relevant exp.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> � � Because if you ship an image in essence:
>>>> � � � � � � �you ship one image
>>>> � � � � � � �with an opening image saying installing�.
>>>> � � � � � � �then you save
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> � � �>
>>>> � � �> regards,
>>>> � � �>
>>>> � � �> Usman Bhatti
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

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