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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!
There is significant value in this book even if you are not a die-hard user of InstallShield's tools. There are also sections that detail how to use InstallShield's products, but they come after a significant investment in general technology discussions and tool independant writing.
Buy @ Amazon
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