Pablo Aguilar wrote:
The reason I chose not to do it as an installer, is because I'm far more comfortable with developing GUIs with say, BCB, than I am with the installer programs I've tried.
Well .. the commercial installers take care of a lot of common issues that occur, adding a layer of reliability and tested code for the common tasks of installing files, editing paths, registry, and displaying a familar user interface. Are you really sure you'd want to stray off the beaten path here?
Take a look at Inno Setup: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php It's the one I used to create: http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/boost-cvs-setup.exe It's scriptable, and supports custom plugins. The simple script for the above is at: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/boost-sandbox/boost-sandbox... http://tinyurl.com/76djb -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - Grafik/jabber.org