Re: Access and PG ODBC problem

Hi Dave,
Inno can do all of that as well and it's a true open source project. I
really don't like supporting MS$ in any way.

I will take a look at the stuff on wix.sf.net iirc

Thanks,

Tony Caduto
Senior Programmer/Analyst
M&I Trust and Investment Management

"Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
10/05/2004 09:32 AM

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RE: [ODBC] Access and PG ODBC problem

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Subject: Re: [ODBC] Access and PG ODBC problem

Hi Dave,
Is the MSI script available somewhere so I could build my own installer?

Yes, it's in the CVS on GBorg.

The latest snapshot is a lot more stable than the Nov 2003 stable release
and i will need the version that does not have the OID issue to continue
with my Access/Postgresql rollout.

Any reason why you are using MSI instead of something like Inno Setup (
http://www.jrsoftware.com)?

MSI is what Microsoft support these days - it allows packaging into merge
modules for easy inclusion in other packages, and installation are easily
scriptable.

I would be willing to maintain a snapshot installer if you need some extra
help.

Well I have been meaning to port the installer from Wise for Windows to
Wix if you'd like to look at that and take over it's maintenance. Wix
(wix.sf.net iirc) is Microsoft's first open source project and allows you
to build MSI files from XML code. It will also decompile existing MSI
files which should definately give you a head start.

Regards, Dave.