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This is pretty much over my head... writing code that is... but with the new easy text based programing out there... maybe one day I to will be a "coder":)

Best Free Setup Builder

Fri, 01/02/2009 - 00:00 — George

• PC Freeware
• Programming & Engineering

 

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Introduction

Developing own software is one thing, distributing it is another. Once the product is finished you have to think about how to get it to the end user. If it is just one executable file you might get away with zipping and providing it but as soon as more files like DLL's and other dependables are involved you need to have a setup routine for it. But simply for creating shortcuts on the end users PC a setup routing of some kind is required if you do not want to have your users do that manually. The commercial and expensive flag ship InstallShield is probably one you have seen already and surely have run setups created with it, but interestingly there are also very capable free products out there that will serve your needs as well. I have selected four of them for this article that I think will cover the different approaches you might have, from text based configuration to GUI based click and run tools.

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