J-Man
07-07-2003, 02:31 PM
I am attempting to select a FREE, good, professional looking installer. I *think* I have narrowed it down to 3 programs (If you have a better "free" installer, let me know). Please vote for your favorite, and why it is your favorite. If you can provide direct comparisons between the 3, that would also be greatly appreciated!
INNO Setup
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Package & Deployment Wizard
Thanks all!
Inno for me. I rarely have problems in that.
Robse
07-07-2003, 07:57 PM
INNO
I have never tried Nullsoft though. Where's the vote?
:)
J-Man
07-07-2003, 08:37 PM
INNO
I have never tried Nullsoft though. Where's the vote?
:)
I guess it's more of a "voice your opinion" than an actual "vote".
Lord_Riff_Raff
07-07-2003, 08:48 PM
Hmm yeah it does appear to be that as it's missing a poll.
NSIS for me as it's small and fast and rarely (never) have I had a vb app over 1gb.
J-Man
07-08-2003, 07:19 AM
Hmm yeah it does appear to be that as it's missing a poll.
NSIS for me as it's small and fast and rarely (never) have I had a vb app over 1gb.
Lord_Riff_Raff, have you looked at INNO? What differences do you see in INNO vs. NSIS? Are they similar, just two different products...or, is NSIS definitely better (in your opinion)?
By the way, what is the "1gb" comment you stated regarding to? Does NSIS only allow up to 1gb applications?
Lord_Riff_Raff
07-08-2003, 07:35 PM
Hmm appears I'm using old info.
NSIS compiles your whole app into a single exe and the resulting exe can be up to 2gb big IF your using NTFS. Something to do with maximum exe size. I haven't used INNO, however unless it uses less than a 34kb overhead like NSIS I won't switch as I like to keep my apps as small as possible as I get 10,000's of downloads each month.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/