purecomedy
06-22-04, 03:26 PM
For the first time in years I had to make changes to some Visual Basic 6 code and create a new package so that I could burn the program to a CD. The Microsoft Packager included with VB 6 is anything but user friendly, forcing you to add files additional one at a time (it's hard enough to figure out DLLs I need to include to start with because it doesn't really say anywhere what to include). The worst part is that the previous machine had files in different locations so I had to start from scratch (I tried to manually fix the application paths in the config file but kept getting errors).
I'm wondering if software such as Installshield, Wise Installer etc. are worth using to make installations easier. What I'd hope is that these installers could better "detect" what I need to include in a package; at the very least give me an easier method of adding the files other than 1 by 1 (even the ability to hold down the CTRL key to select files would be a big step).
Can anyone vouch for particular packager software and if it would be worth looking into. Some of the software appears to be about $2000, I'm hoping for something cheaper, but need to consider anything to take away 3 days of frustration the next time I go to make a package.
I'm wondering if software such as Installshield, Wise Installer etc. are worth using to make installations easier. What I'd hope is that these installers could better "detect" what I need to include in a package; at the very least give me an easier method of adding the files other than 1 by 1 (even the ability to hold down the CTRL key to select files would be a big step).
Can anyone vouch for particular packager software and if it would be worth looking into. Some of the software appears to be about $2000, I'm hoping for something cheaper, but need to consider anything to take away 3 days of frustration the next time I go to make a package.