| Subject: | Need help understanding how to make an installation using IA or Innosetup [Edit] |
| Posted by: | Alan Jordan |
| Date: | Wed, 14 Apr 2010 |
I have been successful in making installation setups in the past using Installshield express, without really understanding the background of how that works. Now, I have been trying off and on to make an install for my app using InstallAware Express that comes with RAD 2010. I have multiple users that are moving to 64 bit and I have not yet and I need to make an install for 64 bit as well as 32 bit. In my setup I also need to deploy BDE_PRO. My questions/problems:
1. In Installshield I was able to drag an drop the files that I wanted to install, InstallAware seems to not like that. In the Design I see two buttons below the files and folders window and when I click on either Add Folder or Add File(s) I get the message: 'Apply Install' command not found in setup script. This command must be present in you script before you may visually add files to your project. It goes on to say that I should have created the project using the default project option or I could ad
d 'Apply Install' to my script. If I am using IA Express there is no scripting option
2. If I use the Quick Start and let the use the folder that all my files and apps are in it works fine and will make a setup with the folders exactly like the source.
I have even downloaded the trial for IA 9 and it works the same as express. Is IA as bad as it seems to me.
3. I would like to use Innosetup, but the BDE_PRO issue seems to be a problem with Inno. Are there any helps of deploying BDE_PRO?
4. Will InnoSetup deploy to 64 bit?
5. A reply to another post, said that I will have trouble creating a 64 bit install on a 32 bit machine. I have created one that one of my users installed on a 64 bit (with some error messages), but everything seemed to be there. The error messages make me nervous.
I'll have more......
Edited by: Alan Jordan on Apr 14, 2010 12:45 PM