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It has been a very long time since a new book on Windows Installer has been published. The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer is written primarily to a developer audience, however, it...
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This book covers the basics of Windows Installer Technology as seen from an administrator's perspective. Chapters on authoring tools, internals and deployment round out a good read for getting you started with Windows Installer.
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My experience with InstallShield books is that they are generally a long, rigorous walkthough of a very specific version of their own tools. The value of the book for application to the technology in general is difficult to pull out of these books because it is mixed with so much product / version specific information in a tutorial format. This made sense when installation technology was all proprietary, but difficult for Windows Installer texts. This book is a big change of direction in that regard - there is a significant portion of general knowledge for administrators and the authoring tool used in these parts of the book is - ORCA!
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Working with the internals of the Windows Installer is a difficult task. Add to it the fact that the predominant reference - the Windows Installer SDK - is very oriented toward C language API calls and you have a regular administrator's nightmare on your hands. The VB/VBA Developer's Guide to the Windows Installer gives explanations and examples that are much more scripting friendly.
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If you are building Windows Installer packages with InstallSheild - you should know about this new book. The book does not cover InstallShield's admin product AdminStudio, however, Administrators can gleen some good information from chapters 3, 13 and 14. These chapters contain a Windows Installer overview and some meaty details about building components. The majority of the book is targetted at InstallShield and the dominant style is a detailed tutorial on how to get up and running on InstallShield Developer 7!
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