Now that I think of it, shouldn't everything that is needed to build the .MSI installer be in one of the source packages? As a user of InnoSetup I'm afraid I'm clueless about MSI, so if someone could shove me in the right direction I'd sure appreciate it! > On 7/28/07, Mitchell Vincent <ksoftware@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all. I'm looking at distributing PostgreSQL with a desktop > > application and have a couple of what might be simple questions. > > > > I've been using PG for years and years but bringing it to the Win32 > > desktop presents some deployment challenges. Since this software will > > be downloaded I am looking for the smallest possible installer that > > provides the functionality I'm looking for. Currently the whole > > application (including the SQLite library that it's using now) is only > > about 4 megs. The 20+ meg installer is awesome in it's functionality > > but I won't be using most of what is contained in it (docs, language > > drivers, etc). Is there a smaller "bare essentials" MSI installer that > > provides an easy interface for setting things like the admin password > > and the non-privileged service user addition but that contains only > > the required EXEs and DLLs? Or perhaps a way for me to take the MSI > > installer and strip out the things I won't be needing? > -- - Mitchell Vincent - K Software - Innovative Software Solutions - Visit our website and check out our great software! - http://www.ksoftware.net ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
