My company was using InstallShield before switching to WiX. I have never used InstallAware, but the only advice I can give is to use WiX. It's free and can do anything that the commercial products do, sometimes better.
-Brian Simoneau -----Original Message----- From: Matt Walker [mailto:matt.wal...@synergis.com] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:10 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] InstallShield 2010 vs InstallAware 9 Hi All, I'm new to the group and was pointed here by an individual from whom I've received valuable assistance on many .NET, install related topics over the past several years. I know this is a Wix users group, but I'm hoping someone can give me some insight, guidance, etc. We as a company are looking to switch our install build product. The company whose product we use has undergone several company takeovers/changes recently and it doesn't look like the development effort is there for this particular product. We've been focusing on InstallShield 2010 and InstallAware 9. I've used InstallShield products in the past and never really had any major problems to speak of. IS seemed fairly easy to use and suited all of our needs. This seems to be the case with InstallShield 2010. InstallAware is a tool of a different kind as it appears to be primarily script based but does have a Visual interface as well. It might be because I could be subconsciously hooked on InstallShield, but InstallAware seems cumbersome to me. I guess that may also be that I'm just not used to their way of doing things. Conversion for us would take a larger amount of time with this product, but if it works and is stable, that really won't matter much to me. What I've heard and from what I already knew, they are both major players with InstallShield having a longer lifespan so far. I've been told that InstallAware claims to be on the cutting edge, but their installs at times display weird behavior. I'm trying to find an individual(s) that has used both or similar products for a compare and contrast of sorts. What are the pros and cons? Early on, Of course price will be a factor for us, but I just want to be sure after making a selection I don't miss major advantages of the product that is left behind by our decision. Please help if you can. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
