zbd
23rd October 2006 03:50 UTC

researching installers
hi, i am looking into the suitability of different installers, any help is much appreciated.
These are the features i'd like to be able to use, if they're available:

Install to Windows CE Devices

Different components that can check online for new versions (and download if necessary).

Ideally want to be able to install java and smart phone applications

Can we access new data from website to update?

Can we gather registration info from online to write to the mobile device registry?

Can we have a web plug in so that the user can register an account on our website?

Can we install upgrades?

Can we tell the installer if there are new versions of the application?

I would just like to get an idea if NSIS is capable of most of these actions and if so, where would be a good place to start learning, i would like to add i'm very unexperienced in coding/scripting, would like to start at the very beginning and prepare for a steep learning curve.

Thanks in advance, Zbd

kichik
24th October 2006 20:10 UTC

The wiki contains some examples for copying files to PDA devices.

You can download files and thereby check for newer versions using NSISdl or InetLoad.

You can check versions using whatever method most suitable for you, be it saving versions in INI files or comparing DLL versions.

A good place to start learning is the examples and the documentation.