Re: Possible InstallSheild task [ WAS: Re: Using {ex,in}cludesfilein ]

[Ken Wood <kw...@i2.com>]

I agree. We don't use installshield java edition,
we use Professional edition, and I run it via
an exec.

I'm still leery of doing EVERYTHING as a task when it
can be trivially done another way. Again, my fear
of turning Ant into an Elephant...

Barrie Treloar wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Glenn McAllister wrote:
>
> > We are using InstallSheild, and I'm looking at setting up our team's build
> > so an InstallSheild task is on my list.  We use the Windows Installer
> > version, so that is likely to be my first target rather than the 5.5
> > version.  I have yet to look into it closely (or at all really... :-) but
> > if you have any thoughts, let me know.
>
> This should be trivial.
>
> I used to do this through make like this:
>
>         isjava <file>.isj
>
> This will automatically build the already existing project from the
> command line.
>
> Personally I see little benefit in creating a task for this as an
> inline exec is good enough.
>
> Barrie
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