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Resolved How to create MSI installer in powerbuilder 2019 App?

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  1. yogesh Kumar
    yogesh Kumar
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  3. Monday, 2 August 2021 15:04 PM UTC

I am using powerbuilder 2019. I need to create MSI installer so please help me that how to create MSI installer.

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Marco Meoni
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  1. Tuesday, 3 August 2021 07:06 AM UTC
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Hello,

PowerBuilder doesn't have a Windows Installer tool, but it offers PowerClient deployment to automate delivery and installation of applications:

https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019r3/whats_new/PowerClient.html

For creating MSI, I personally use InnoSetup, it is free and easy to configure:

https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

Best,

.m

 

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Miguel Leeuwe
  1. Miguel Leeuwe
  2. Tuesday, 3 August 2021 09:23 AM UTC
Correction: "I can't generate MSI..." should be "IT can't generate MSI ..."

@Marco, I don't know why you say "For creating MSI, I personally use InnoSetup... Am I missing something?

regards
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Marco Meoni
  1. Marco Meoni
  2. Tuesday, 3 August 2021 09:34 AM UTC
Hi Miguel,

right, Inno generates EXE installer, then this can be wrapped into an MSI (exemsi.com has basic free version too).

.m
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Miguel Leeuwe
  1. Miguel Leeuwe
  2. Tuesday, 3 August 2021 10:13 AM UTC
Hi Marco,

Yes, I read about the wrapper, but some people said it would still cause some problems for companies who needed a "real" MSI. There are some interesting comments on this page: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71203/is-it-feasible-sensible-to-wrap-an-inno-setup-installer-inside-an-msi-for-easier

regards.
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Olan Knight
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  1. Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:31 PM UTC
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Yogesh -

   An MSI file simply activates an EXE installer. Manually activating an EXE should present no issues to anyone. Now, if OTHER activity needs to occur prior to the execuation of the installer EXE, then wrap the required activity into a BATCH file and add the EXE where appropriate.

   INNO is a great installer tool, and it's free.

https://community.appeon.com/index.php/articles-blogs/tutorials-articles/2-powerbuilder/239-inno-setup-sample-file


Later -

Olan

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Ricardo Colarina
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  1. Wednesday, 18 August 2021 23:43 PM UTC
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Hi Yogesh,

Install Visual Studio 2017 or later, then download and install InstallerProjects.vsix.  From VS, you can create an installer project that will create an MSI installer.

Cheers,

Ricardo

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