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I have completed a nifty Whois application for windows systems and am trying to get it to distribution. Under the wonderful Windows Installer tools provided with VB5 my 77K application becomes a 5Meg setup file – that’s a bit much for download. I am using Winsock, Rich Text Box, and Common Dialog Control – not a lot but enough to build an annoying list of DLL files and what not. I have removed everything that is not required. Writing code to handle I/O is a task I would like to avoid – besides using the standard stuff makes it “familiar” which was part of the goal. So, I know of InstallShield and have seen various WebInstall things. If I need to buy one of these things then which ones should I look at.
More basically are there any tricks to get the setup down? Is there a better Setup / Installer system that can produce a less cumbersome file?
Thanks
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or use Fusion, this program that lets you put all the OCXs/DLLS in the actual exe, and compresses it too :)
prob is, you gotta buy it otherwise the files are always named some stupid name :( URL is:
http://www.bit-arts.com/index.htm
