Where do I get this great sounding tool?

Jason

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nando Dessena" <nandod@...>
To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 5:21 AM
Subject: Re: [IBO] Install testing for IBO eval and full source versions


> Jason,
>
> J> The file is about 4 MB in size and includes the eval for Delphi 4, 5, 6
and
> J> 7. It's an installer compiled by Inno Setup. It consists of mostly
sources
> J> that are common to all and then some critical DCU files compiled for
each.
>
> J> I will most likely create separate installs for each version of Delphi
to
> J> reduce the download size.
>
> Unless you already have it, get hold of IS Tool for Inno Setup and
> enable 7-zip compression there (or just apply 7-zip to the finished
> executable file). You'll be pleased by the results in
> terms of download size. An auto-extracting 7-zip file is usually much
> smaller than the corresponding zip file.
>
> As an example, I have made a setup script for a rather large
> application:
>
> uncompressed: 15MB.
> zip (maximum): 6.5 MB
> 7-zip: 2.5 MB
>
> Your mileage may vary.
> Ciao
> --
> Nando mailto:nandod@...