Recommend a useful / cheap method of installing CD-ROM based Software

ballinasloe

Hi,

I am developing a simple FLASH based children's application which I want to distribute.

Usually, I just place the .swf (movie file) on the CD-ROM and allow the user to run the small application / movie from there.

However, I was wondering about including an installer such as Installshield. I'm not very familar with these to be honest and was wondering if anyone knows of any simple or cheap application that I could download, that might allow me to include a basic installer with my software.

any advice would be greatly appreciated,

cheers!

bonkey

Innosetup is free and good. google for it.

Alternatley, a quick google suggested http://www.advancedinstaller.com/

WhatsGoingOn

ballinasloe wrote:

Hi,

I am developing a simple FLASH based children's application which I want to distribute.

Usually, I just place the .swf (movie file) on the CD-ROM and allow the user to run the small application / movie from there.

However, I was wondering about including an installer such as Installshield. I'm not very familar with these to be honest and was wondering if anyone knows of any simple or cheap application that I could download, that might allow me to include a basic installer with my software.

any advice would be greatly appreciated,

cheers!

Try NSIS, it's free and there are plenty of sites and forums out there supporting it

Hobbes

You could also try putting the SWF into a HTML file and making the autorun.ini file open the html file. That way it would run when you insert the disc.

dazberry

bonkey wrote:

Innosetup is free and good. google for it.

http://www.jrsoftware.org/
Seconded - and written in Delphi

D.

Civilian_Target

I second NSIS - its a bit tricky to start with but its very professional, very good, and very free

There are GUI's you can use for scripting the installer these days too, which I believe are very good.

And of course - don't forget to tailor your autorun.inf on the disc!