Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I have to create an installation file for ActiveX components. This ActiveX components will be downloaded as an *.exe installer file, executing this installer file will install the required ActiveX components on the user’s PC.
To create such an installation file I came across two installer software –
So which of the above option is preferable or any other options?
The only thing InstallShield has going for it is its IDE. And as it turns out, it works decently well for very basic installers when you don’t need to write a line of code. However, when you need to create custom tasks and get into InstallShield’s scripting language, it’s a very clunky and unpleasant experience.
In terms of reliability, flexibility, speed, and size, NSIS is far superior to InstallShield. I know it’s a bold claim. But you can read about my install system saga here and what led me to NSIS… http://swortham.blogspot.com/2008/02/nsis-another-gem-from-nullsoft.html