Most effective way of creating MSI's?

[burnzdog]

Another quick question....

Ive been using wininstall LE to create MSI file using the before/after method but found that its a bit hit and miss.

For example. Im trying to create a MSI for Acrobat Reader 7 but when the final MSI is created it does nothing?

Am i using the best tools and methods for doing this?

Thanks

[oioldman]

i used to use winstall le and thought it grabbed way to much stuff. not looked at in long time sorry.

acrobat already has an MSI as part of the install, it extracts to %programfiles%\acrobat\reader.

this can be modified using the adobe acrobat tuner available to make changes as desired to it

[paper]

For Adobe, you can download Adobe Customization Wizard 8 to create MSI and MST. (Adobe has released Adobe Reader 8 btw). As for a "general" way to create MSI's.. I'm still trying to figure that one out.

[cluberti]

There are free tools, but I've done this for years and I swear by Adminstudio from Installshield/Macromedia. It isn't cheap, but it's really good.