Comments: InstallerMaker for Windows

Great stuff! This will make distributing mono apps much easier to "grandma".

I wish Apple would jump in to the mix and help mono along on OSX so we can see some leaps and bounds there.

Posted by Kiel at May 16, 2006 06:44 PM

One slight question, would WiX have helped you in this regard? Just curious cause after looking at the demonstration they did on Channel9 I find the project pretty interesting and full featured. Just curious our your thoughts. If you had looked at it what were the things you thought were missing.

Posted by Richard at May 16, 2006 11:51 PM

Excellent stuff. This is just what I need for my deployment.

What would be even nicer was if it would download and execute without requiring their intervention. I couldn't find anything about a silent install for gtk sharp runtime. So I guess that's out of the question.

Keep up the good work.

Posted by Martin at May 17, 2006 02:25 PM

I see you maintain VSPrj2make.. I've tried to use it at work, but it only works on VS.net 2003.. At work i code in c#, but for Linux-deployments only.. But there isn't a single half-decent IDE for mono on Linux.. VS.net really rules that area.. I'm creating webservices which really just adds to the problems.. Any plans on porting your app to vs.net 2005?

Thanks!

Posted by Bart Verwilst at May 17, 2006 05:17 PM

Se ve muy bien!! no he tenido tiempo de probarlo pero se ve que has hecho un gran trabajo!

:)

Posted by Julio at May 18, 2006 01:53 PM

It's aok as long is it creates MSI packages. They are the only really easily deployable packages.

They install fine on home user setups, any AD alone can force their installation automatically to all the workstations, SMS/MOM handle them.

If you're doing any "binary home made installer", just drop the projects. It's horrible and the installers are lame. Especially for professional use.

Posted by Foibail at May 19, 2006 12:26 PM

Is this project aimed only to mono .net runtime ??. I have MS .Net runtime and the installation went well but when i tried executing the binary, it crashed.

Posted by vikramjb at May 24, 2006 01:07 AM