The one mentionned earlier by Nikos Chantziaras http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-Installer-Framework
For the doc: http://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/index.html which I did not even knew existed before. The API seem nice and simple enough. Will have to test this, download and check example. Anyone have made a Windows bootstrap with it (MS C++ redistrubuable or .NET)? really wish Microsoft made a better packages repos and distribution, miss Linux on those days. On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Daniel França <daniel.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > You mean the windeploy tool or there's other Qt install maker? > > On Thu 19 Feb 2015 at 16:53 Jérôme Godbout <jer...@bodycad.com> wrote: > >> The Visual Studio .msi build-in solution was deprecated years ago, but >> returned as an extension based on install shield limited edition. I would >> stay away from that for the time being and use the Wix extension instead >> (stable and not limited). >> >> The extension: >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/04/17/visual-studio-installer-projects-extension.aspx >> >> The Brian Harry's blog explain: >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2014/04/18/creating-installers-with-visual-studio.aspx >> >> I'm curious if anybody is using the Qt framework and could share their >> experience with it? does it output a real .msi or just an .exe that perform >> an install with a progress bar? Sorry never used it before, how does it >> gather the files and lib? That could be a good alternative if it can >> support bootstrap under Windows. >> >> Jerome >> >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Till Oliver Knoll < >> till.oliver.kn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Am 19.02.2015 um 02:54 schrieb Jérôme Godbout <jer...@bodycad.com>: >>> >>> I up vote for wix, can integrate into Visual Studio and MSBuild. >>> >>> >>> Hmm, why has no one mentioned the "reference MSI Installer" from >>> Microsoft which comes with Visual Studio itself, with the (commercial) >>> "Enterprise" version? >>> >>> It's been a long time since I had access to it (in VS 2003 or the like), >>> but IIRC it allowed you in a "Wizard" kind of way to define Registry >>> entries (which are also removed upon de-installation etc.), version >>> updates, "unattended installation" (which is really a feature of the MSI >>> packaging system). >>> >>> I don't know whether that graphical Installer builder included in "VS >>> Enterprise" was really a "reference/feature complete" builder, or merely a >>> "basic installer", but it did what we needed (basically covering the >>> mentioned criteria of the OP). >>> >>> And yes, WiX (Open Source - isn't it even developed by MS themselves?) >>> allows you to do all that for free. >>> >>> It's advantage: it's all based on XML "source" files which probably >>> makes it predestined to be included in an automated build chain, where even >>> those XML files are created automatically. >>> >>> It's disadvantage: it's all based on XML, and you need to investigate a >>> lot in reading the documentation! Even associating your application with a >>> certain *.extension (not to mention a "Document Icon" to be used for such >>> *.extension) might end up in a huge endeavour. >>> >>> There is a graphical Wizard to get you started (by creating the proper >>> XML text blocks for a simple Installer Wizard), but that gets you only that >>> far. >>> >>> In short: very flexible, and I guess everything that the MSI framework >>> offers is supported - but you need to invest a lot into reading >>> documentation (or find example code which does what you need). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Oliver >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Interest mailing list >>> Interest@qt-project.org >>> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Interest mailing list >> Interest@qt-project.org >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest >> >
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