Hi All,
Would you kindly advise below, thanks:
My application is built by PowerBuilder 2019 R3 Build 2779, I know it has a tool which can package the PowerBuilder Runtime files into an .msi file:
https://docs.appeon.com/pb2019/application_techniques/ch35s02.html
But I’d like to know if there is any tool can package our application folder into an .msi file so that I can install the .msi file on user’s machine to run my application.
My application folder contains related files and folders, e.g. .exe, .pbd, .dll, .jar, .bmp, .ini and so on
Unfortunately those don't create MSI installers, but EXEs.
You can have a look at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/msi/windows-installer-portal?redirectedfrom=MSDN or
at the https://wixtoolset.org/
We use the wix toolset and it does have a learning curve, but once you've got it setup, very few changes are needed. I'd rather generate EXEs and use more simple tools, but some of our customers demand MSI installers.