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VB/VBA Developer's Guide to the Windows Installer (Paperback)

by M Gunderloy (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (4 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0782127452
  • ISBN-13: 978-0782127454
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 19.2 x 2.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,065,408 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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For those old enough to remember pre-Windows, the whole idea of writing an application to install an application seems bizarrely recursive. Nevertheless, Windows applications, such as the 1GB Office suite, need installers. Windows application installation has been a problem for years, and Microsoft's new installer is supposed to address and overcome existing installation problems. The new installer supports an installation database (in part to fix problems the Registry failed to solve), rollback support, application maintenance, advertisement (which makes features look installed but only actually installs them if the user asks for them), better administrative control over installation and--best of all--a cure for DLL Hell.

Naturally, VB/VBA Developers Guide to the Windows Installer starts with installing the new installation SDK. After this it gets more complex. The new installer is supposed to cope with Win95/98/NT4/2000 and the dozen or so major versions of these--which vary considerably under the skin. This is all controlled from the installer database, which is incompatible with all other Microsoft databases. Using the new installer is non-trivial. Indeed, Gunderloy reaches page 200 before he feels you've learned enough to consider creating an installation routine--and then it's by modifying an existing one. What comes across most strongly in this book is the Byzantine complexity of Microsoft's new installer. If you're a Windows developer you probably have little choice but to gain at least a basic understanding of the system--and Gunderloy's book does the job. --Steve Patient

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The Windows Installer is included with Windows 2000, Office 2000 and Visual Studio. It allows programmers to customize corporate network installations of Windows and Office applications. This text shows how Windows Installer can be used to improve installation of new software.

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5.0 out of 5 stars best reference on Windows Installer for VB programmers, 27 Feb 2002
This book has so far been the best resource on the Windows Installer technology I've read. The nice aspect of this book, is that it is written from the perspective of the VB-developer, i.e. it speaks VB-lingo, whereas other resources often use nerd lingo ;-) the VB developer doesn't understand.

If your goal is to create an installer for your appliation, then this is probably not the book you're looking for. You would be better of with a product such as InstallShield Express 3.x.

The reason that I bought this book, is that I need to add a Deployment Wizard to our application. A developer using our application can use the Deployment Wizard to create a customized installer. This book proved very helpful in crating that wizard. So if you're looking for the information that will help you create an installer-creation program, then this is the book you're looking for!

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1.0 out of 5 stars The book did not live up to my expectations., 8 Dec 2001
If you want to know how the installer works then this is the book for you. If you want to create an installation procedure then I would not start with this book. The best place to start is go to the installer GUI providers such was Wise or InstallShield and download their trial products and see which you prefer. If I had done that first I would not have bought this book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A good explanation of the Windows Installer technology, 26 Sep 2001
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If you are an application packager (with a knowledge of programming) or are thinking of distributing your software via Windows Installer, this is the book to have. Though most of it was written before W2K was released it's still accurate. Each installer table is fully documented with it's data types and interaction with other tables.
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Although a little out of date and only covering Windows Installer 1.0 this is the best book out there on the subject. Most of the content is still valid. Read more
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