- Paperback: 950 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Pap/Cdr edition (1 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0764547232
- ISBN-13: 978-0764547232
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.9 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 803,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If you want to get your software officially blessed as Windows-compatible, you have to endow it with an automated installation routine. If your software is for Windows 2000, you have to use the Windows Installer Service. The Official InstallShield for Windows Installer Developer's Guide is the best available treatment of the subject, and it's empirically quite good.
Author Bob Baker first walks readers through the installation-routine creation process the hard way--that is, with the Orca tool that comes with the Windows Installer Software Development Kit (SDK). He then delves much more deeply into the widely used InstallShield Windows Installer (ISWI) product from InstallShield Software, where Baker works as an instructor. A demonstration copy of ISWI 1.52 (as well as the Microsoft Installer SDK) appears on the companion CD-ROM.
The Official InstallShield touches on several instructional techniques as it reveals aspects of the Windows Installer Service and of ISWI. Some of Baker's work is simple documentation of the ISWI user interface; other chapters are language documentation for InstallScript and its Component Object Model (COM) links.
The eclectic style of the book fits the subject, which is multifaceted and capable of dealing (almost by definition) with diverse configurations. Baker's careful, one-at-a-time exploration of features will help developers untangle problems they encounter. It's far better than the Windows Installer SDK documentation, no question about it. --David Wall
Topics covered: The Windows Installer Service and the process of creating installation wizards for programs that run under Microsoft Windows 2000, primarily with InstallShield Software's InstallShield for Windows Installer (ISWI). After covering Windows 2000's architecture for deploying software, this book documents the ISWI user interface and the essentials of its use. Custom actions, user interfaces, scripting, shared components, software patching, localisation are covered in turn.
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The Official InstallShield for Windows® Installer Developer′s Guide explores the Windows Installer Service (WIS) and the industry–leading InstallShield tool for putting this new Windows 2000 feature to work. Written by Bob Baker, an InstallShield insider, this title is a comprehensive, one–volume guide to WIS and the Microsoft policies governing its use. In addition, the book shows you how to build client installations using a simple editing tool or the full–blown InstallShield for Windows Installer commercial package. An accompanying CD includes a fully functional evaluation copy of InstallShield for Windows Installer version 1.52.
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Very well done,
By jrs@developcomponents.com (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Official Installshield for Windows Installer Developer's Guide (Professional Mindware) (Paperback)
This book is very good, actually better than the program from Install Shield. It gives a very detail information about booth Windows Installer and Install Shield. The application still has some problems on version 2.03 but it works well if you read this book. It's because this book teach you how to understand all concepts behind the two technologies, it tells you things about Windows 2000 Administration like ZAW, InteliSense, Remote OS Installation, Active Directory Service and many more. I just loved it. The book is easy to read, and it has a great detail. It's a great resource of information for all programmers that what to build setups for their own applications and for all network administrators as well. Buy this book, my experience in programming and network admin for 19 years must say something to you. During those years a read to many books, some good books, some bad books, but this one is just what I needed at the moment in order to understand a lot o things about installing application on Windows 2000 networks and not only. This book I personally recommend for people that already has some experience about Windows 2000 Administration and/or programmers that are seeking for the best application to install their products, specially if the setup requires non usual installation procedures like, configuring and inserting objects under Component Services or MTS, exporting it to clients, and finally building one single client setup with the client application and the exported component which is my case now. Good reading. To the author, very well done.
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2.2 out of 5 stars (20 customer reviews) 16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Lots of information -- poorly organized and written.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Official Installshield for Windows Installer Developer's Guide (Professional Mindware) (Paperback)
I'm a senior software engineer who is trying to learn about InstallShield and Windows Installer technology. While this book contains alot of useful information, I found the book to be very poorly organized and poorly written.In a book like this I expect the author to be give an introduction/overview and then to build from there in a logical manner. The book should explain why things are as they are and not just how they are. This book fails at this. If you already know InstallShield and/or Windows Installer and are looking to firm up your knowledge, this book may be able to fill in some gaps and firm up your knowledge. If you are trying to learn these products this book will likely be confusing, cumbersome, and frustrating. It is a shame that this is currently the only book available on this subject. There are a number of editors (technical editors, copy editors, etc.) listed in the credits. I can't believe the number of grammatical and other errors that they let through. 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worthless,
By "silvercitizen" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Official Installshield for Windows Installer Developer's Guide (Professional Mindware) (Paperback)
After reading and re-reading this book for most of a year, I have yet to glean any useful information from it. The author has a very wordy writing style, which tends to obscure an already complex subject. He spends many pages essentially repeating what is in the InstallShield online help, giving lots of detail on what to do, but nothing on when or why to do it.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Official Installshield for Windows Installer Developer's Guide (Professional Mindware) (Paperback)
If a dyslexic writer wrote a treatise on the U.S. tax code, it would read like this book.My advice is that if you're an experienced programmer and the boss ever comes to you and asks if you'd take over the Installshield duties from the last person who (inexplicably) is no longer going to handle them, don't spend your money on this book -- put it directly into a new resume or job-hunting service. PS -- CalvinBall was the favorite game of Calvin, from comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, in which Calvin simply did whatever he wanted, and pronounced that as the rules as he went. |
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