Making SMALLER Setups...

[Martin T. Thoma]

Making SMALLER Setups...

Hello !

I got my installshield with MS Visual C++ 6.0. I made a
Visual-C++-project with MFC. The release-exe resulting from this project
is about 200 KB. When making a setup, I got files with sizes between 800
KB and 2000 KB.

When I zip these files, it's again about 200 KB - is installshield NOT
compressing files ?? I dont want the use Zip, because the user has to
start first WinZip and then the setup.

Question:
Whats the best way to make the setup small ?

- Linking MFC dynamic/static ?
- Other Visual C++-options ?
- Which type of setup should I take to get the smallest setup ?

Regards

Martin

P.S.: Please mail your answer, too. Thanks

[Amutha-InstallShield]

Hi,
please post the question in the appropriate newsgroup. Avoid
cross-postings.

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Martin T. Thoma <mar...@radiok2r.de> wrote in message
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[Martin T. Thoma]

Amutha-InstallShield wrote:
>
> Hi,
> please post the question in the appropriate newsgroup. Avoid
> cross-postings.

.. I'm sorry, it want happen again. Which newsgroup should I use for the
Installshield I got with Microsoft Visual C++ ("Installshield for Visual
C++") ??

Regards

Martin

[Michael Groeger]

Nice, I just posted a question about IS5 free edt. to another
newsgroup and they sent me here.... :))

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[Stefan Krueger]

Martin had posted the same question to several groups.
Since most of us read all of these groups, that's unecessary.

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[Michiel de Boer]

Martin T. Thoma <mar...@radiok2r.de> wrote in message
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> Making SMALLER Setups...
>
>
> Hello !
>
> I got my installshield with MS Visual C++ 6.0. I made a
> Visual-C++-project with MFC. The release-exe resulting from this project
> is about 200 KB. When making a setup, I got files with sizes between 800
> KB and 2000 KB.
>
> When I zip these files, it's again about 200 KB - is installshield NOT
> compressing files ?? I dont want the use Zip, because the user has to
> start first WinZip and then the setup.
>

If you use the free WinZip self-extractor add-on (from
http://www.winzip.com/downauto.cgi?wzipse21.exe )
And therein the "Self Extractor for Software Installation" -option, you can
very easily add the command line "setup.exe" to execute after unpacking.