I have developed one music player in C++. Now I want to create setup.exe for that application so that i can put that application for downloading for other users. When we download some software from website we get setup for installing that application. I want to know how can i create that setup file for me cpp application. Please help as soon as possible
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For Windows platform There are loads of solutions some free some not
personnaly I'd recommend wix (it's free, it uses windows installer technology) but for some it's overkill checkout http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/ for a great example/cook book
Others include
- install shield http://www.installshield.com/ (used to have a cool debugger, but not free)
- inno Setup (http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php)
- Wise Installer (OK looks like it's dead!)
- Do it by hand using ORCA (an MSI editor http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370557(v=vs.85).aspx)
- WIX 3.X (http://wix.codeplex.com/releases/view/115492)
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You can also do this with the free edition of Advanced Installer. Here is 5 minutes tutorial showing how to do it: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/tutorial-simple.html
To create projects of type "Simple" you don't need a license and you can deploy the package for commercial purposes too.