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, Hernán 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:
Hernán
El 26/08/2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti escribió:
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@**inria.fr<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 installingâ¦. then you save
> > regards, > > Usman Bhatti