From: andrewd AT axonet DOT com DOT au (Andrew Dalgleish) Subject: RE: To _USE_ or not to use InstallShield? WAS: Re: B19: InstallSh ield reports: "WinExec failed: return=20" after 99% completion 7 May 1998 05:12:16 -0700 Message-ID: <91A8FD196436D1118EC2006008186C96088646.cygnus.gnu-win32@server1.axonet.com.au> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > -----Original Message----- > From: "Zow" Terry Brugger [SMTP:zow AT mdbs DOT com] > Sent: 1998 May 06, Wednesday 22:48 > To: 'Marty Leisner'; earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com > Cc: gw32 > Subject: RE: To _USE_ or not to use InstallShield? WAS: Re: B19: > InstallShield reports: "WinExec failed: return=20" after 99% > completion > > Let me throw in my 2 bits in favour of the InstallShield installation > (since it seems that someone needs to). There are all sorts of > idiosyncrasies with the windows environment that installers must deal > with: the registry is a prime example. [Andrew Dalgleish] I use a .BAT + .SH to setup workstations. The .SH does a "cat" to a .REG file then calls REGEDIT. I use IS5 for work, and I think whatever you can do with IS5, you can do with bash, and then some. Cheers. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".