Old Visual Studio Installer 1.1

[dan]

I have a VB6 program I need to redistribute. MS used to have the Visual Studio Installer 1.1 on their website, but have since removed it. Is there some place I can get the Visual Studio Installer 1.1 or will one of the VS 20xx installers work on VB6?
Dan

 

[Bluejay07]

I use Inno Setup compiler (

http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php)

to create a setup file for our VB6 programs for redistribution. Please note that VS 2003 and later use VB.net and not VB6.

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[dilettante]

Here is a list of many of the alternatives for creating real Installer packagers:

http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm

It may well be possible to use the later versions of Visual Studio to package VB6 programs, though you'll need at least the Standard Edition. I can't think of any reason these would not work, however you probably won't have the VB6 Wizard included in VSI 1.1, which is no longer available for free downloads.

I think you'll want to avoid legacy scripted setup tools like InnoSetup. These are really only useful for simple projects to be installed by end users, and cause deployment headaches in bigger shops.

 

[dan]

Thank you both for your suggestions.
Dan

 

[ChrisHirst]

I have the VS6 installer setup files (being an avid archiver)

Chris.

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[dan]

Thanks, but I was able to find a copy on an old CD.
Dan