I need a Setup Factory Expert

[1stOnRamp]

I have been using Setup Factory for a year now and now matter what I do, I can not seem to be able to create a setup that will work on any OS besides windows XP.

On XP it seems to work perfect, however on other versions of windows, it seems there are always issues related to dll's or other things.

If you know your ways around Setup Factory and multiple OS, please email me.

[Anubisoft]

I've had the same problem, there's probably another...better way around it but what've been reduced to doing is to move all the files over to a 98 machine and then package it.

[JXBURNS]

I'm not sure what the problem is but I build loads pf projects for implementation on Win95 from a XP machine. The only thing to look out for is XP (or NT-based) DLL's e.g. OLEAUT32.DLL is different for XP as it is for 95. But most of these can be installed via runtime modules of judicious use of the %ISWin95% option.

John

[1stOnRamp]

Then why arent there runtimes for visual basic that includes the correct files for each version of windows and half of the runtimes they have posted on the runtime area like any of the jet modules are not even valid.

I posted this message a week ago and not 1 person from Indigo Rose has even responded to tell me why its so impossible to make an installer that will work from Win98 to WinXP.

I think they even know it cant easily be done.

[JXBURNS]

The VB6 SP5 modules available within SUF6 work fine on everything from Win95 to XP. There is no module for SP6 because it has is a relatively recent release and IndigoRose have been concentrating their efforts on Setup Factory v7. This will have a SP6 dependency module available for it which I have already tested.

Whether they decide to produce a SP6 module for SUF6 is up to them but equally the open design of the system allows anyone to create or amend the existing module and submit to them for consideration. I recently did this for MDAC/JET SP8 install and, when they have finished with SUF7 rollout, I expect they will review and publish for SUF6. It threfore benefits everybody.

I'm not sure you should expect them to publish modules everytime that Microsoft change something. That is the whole point of SUF6 - you can customise file installation for any operating system - dramatically more so in SUF7.

John

[Ted Sullivan]

Hi James,

To clear things up, Setup Factory 6.0 can create installers for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. There is definitely no problem running your installer on any of those operating systems.

The issue you are having is one of implementation. You need to know what files your software is using and make sure you include them in your project. While Setup Factory 6.0 includes a variety of tools to help you out, such as a Visual Basic project scanner and even an advanced PE dependency scanner, in the end it is you the developer who needs to know how they wrote their application. If you do not write your software to work with Windows 95, it probably won't work with Windows 95. The installer can't change that. In most cases though it is a simple matter of understanding your programming language and adding the files you need for your application to work to your Setup Factory project and setting the correct install location.

While we can't know exactly what you've programmed or how it should work, we're happy to help out the best we can. Please post some additional details here and you're likely to get some good suggestins!

[1stOnRamp]

I love the SUF7.0.

Any ETA?

[JXBURNS]

22nd September is the due date. If you are an existing SUF6 customer you should have received an upgrade notice.

John