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Summary: A big disappointment
Review: I thought this would help me learn how to use InstallShield Developer. I read it cover to cover and learned almost nothing of use. Areas where I really needed help, like doing patches and upgrades were mentioned, so you might be mislead into thinking there'd be something there. In fact, no useful information is provided about that, unless you don't know what a patch is. Ok, a patch is an incremental upgrade to an existing installation. Now you don't need to buy the book. (You can send the 50 bucks to me if you'd like).It was a waste of my companies money and my time.
Rating:
Summary: A big disappointment
Review: I thought this would help me learn how to use InstallShield Developer. I read it cover to cover and learned almost nothing of use. Areas where I really needed help, like doing patches and upgrades were mentioned, so you might be mislead into thinking there'd be something there. In fact, no useful information is provided about that, unless you don't know what a patch is. Ok, a patch is an incremental upgrade to an existing installation. Now you don't need to buy the book. (You can send the 50 bucks to me if you'd like). It was a waste of my companies money and my time.
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Summary: Nothing On Windows Installer - Take It Out Of The Title!
Review: Purchasing and reading this book proved to be a waste of time and money. If I were only interested in writing InstallShield setups, it would have had some value. As software distribution has been swinging over to Windows Installer, I purchased it with the hopes of finding something of value on that technology. I was very dissapointed to find nothing of value; only a brief introduction, and absolutely no hint of how to apply the technology to a real world situation. That was left to the reader to figure out. This one definitely will not stay on one of my shelves.
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Summary: Too much InstallScript coverage.
Review: The author knows his stuff, but I was really disappointed with this book. I want to use the InstallShield IDE to quickly modify Microsoft Installer attributes.
The linkage between these two was poorly described. I also wanted to see more discussion of typical installation scenarios - multiple files installed in multiple locations depending upon existing applications (plug-ins, etc) instead of the standard Program Files folder for a single application. Also a discussion of tracking/updating revisions in the registry would have been useful.
I'd have liked to see more stress put on teaching the MS Installer and it's attributes. This book was tailored more toward the Standard InstallShield user. Many basic principles and quite a discussion about InstallScript.
Rating:
Summary: Too much InstallScript coverage.
Review: The author knows his stuff, but I was really disappointed with this book. I want to use the InstallShield IDE to quickly modify Microsoft Installer attributes.
The linkage between these two was poorly described. I also wanted to see more discussion of typical installation scenarios - multiple files installed in multiple locations depending upon existing applications (plug-ins, etc) instead of the standard Program Files folder for a single application. Also a discussion of tracking/updating revisions in the registry would have been useful.
I'd have liked to see more stress put on teaching the MS Installer and it's attributes. This book was tailored more toward the Standard InstallShield user. Many basic principles and quite a discussion about InstallScript.
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