Everytime a Wix script (Windows Installer XML) fails to compile, it logs ICE errors. For some kind of reason, whenever these errors or warnings pop up, I keep humming the tune of Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” (Youtube, if you’re so obliged).
I have always been a fan of NSIS (@sourceforge), the Nullsoft Installer System, but I hear that NSIS’s installers don’t run 100% flawless on Vista systems. Wix then, and that’s not because it’s the best system: it’s slow, clunky and the errors are highly Vanilla Ice, Baby.
A couple of years ago, I used to use InnoSetup, but nowadays, I find it too tied to the Delphi language: There’s no doubt in my mind that Embarcadero has great plans for Delphi, but their “reasons why you should buy Delphi” remind too much of the old ‘slogan’ days. You know: “RAD”, “productive”, “rich” and “ease”. I don’t want that: I want Push-Button Spreadsheet Power.
And shit, yo.
VS standard deployment project works fine for me.
VS standard deployment project works fine for me.
I bet Apple deployments go easier too…