Newbie needing help - please

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Are there any good resources for learning IS5 Pro?

I've been assigned the task of setting up the install for our product (the
person who did the 16-bit version was "right-sized") and i find attempting
to learn this from the help file is a waste of time. (The tutorials are a
little moronic, and i prefer a book when doing the initial self teach -
can't take a computer to bed or have one in the bathroom while sitting on
the can!) .

Martin Hutton
sablsoft@mail2.nai.net
hutton@basit.com

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Hi,
You can contact sales@installshield.com for a language reference.

The online help "Getting Started" should help you learn how to create a
project. Another good approach is to create a template project, then run
the script in the debugger. This way, you can see what most of the
functions do.
--
Rich
InstallShield Software Corp.


P.S. Our website, http://www.installshield.com/, covers a wide range of
resources for your installation development. Read technical whitepapers,
view documentation or search the Knowledge Base to get support information
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Martin Hutton wrote in message <34d0a10a.0@news.installshield.com>...
>Are there any good resources for learning IS5 Pro?
>
>I've been assigned the task of setting up the install for our product (the
>person who did the 16-bit version was "right-sized") and i find attempting
>to learn this from the help file is a waste of time. (The tutorials are a
>little moronic, and i prefer a book when doing the initial self teach -
>can't take a computer to bed or have one in the bathroom while sitting on
>the can!) .
>
>Martin Hutton
>sablsoft@mail2.nai.net
>hutton@basit.com
>
>
>

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Been there, done that
- i've downloaded (and printed) the function reference
- i've gone through the "getting started" and done the tutorials
- read and printed the getting results help file
- seen and scanned the knowledge base (some things are pertinent/some not)

HOWEVER:
All these sources answer quite specific questions. I am still in a
situation where
I don't know the questions to ask.
SO:
I would like a pointer to something like "Learn Installshield 5 in
7days" -
where there are exercises each highlighting a different feature of IS and
gradually becoming more complex (you have to admit that the initial
tutorials don't even begin to exercise IS5s capabilities).

I know that you have two courses (Installshield and Advanced
InstallShield).
I cannot afford to take 5 days to travel to a course held in sunny CA, so
is it possible to get hold of the course materials etc (for $$$$ of
course).

Martin Hutton
sablsoft@mail2.nai.net
hutton@basit.com

InstallShield Corp. wrote in message <34d0e8bf.0@news.installshield.com>...
>Hi,
>You can contact sales@installshield.com for a language reference.
>
>The online help "Getting Started" should help you learn how to create a
>project. Another good approach is to create a template project, then run
>the script in the debugger. This way, you can see what most of the
>functions do.
>--
>Rich
>InstallShield Software Corp.
>
>
>P.S. Our website, http://www.installshield.com/, covers a wide range of
>resources for your installation development. Read technical whitepapers,
>view documentation or search the Knowledge Base to get support information
>24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
>
>Martin Hutton wrote in message <34d0a10a.0@news.installshield.com>...
>>Are there any good resources for learning IS5 Pro?
>>
>>I've been assigned the task of setting up the install for our product (the
>>person who did the 16-bit version was "right-sized") and i find attempting
>>to learn this from the help file is a waste of time. (The tutorials are a
>>little moronic, and i prefer a book when doing the initial self teach -
>>can't take a computer to bed or have one in the bathroom while sitting on
>>the can!) .
>>
>>Martin Hutton
>>sablsoft@mail2.nai.net
>>hutton@basit.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

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Hi,
> I know that you have two courses (Installshield and Advanced
>InstallShield).
> I cannot afford to take 5 days to travel to a course held in sunny CA, so
> is it possible to get hold of the course materials etc (for $$$$ of
>course).

Contact
howard@installshield.com
--
Rich
InstallShield Software Corp.


P.S. Our website, http://www.installshield.com/, covers a wide range of
resources for your installation development. Read technical whitepapers,
view documentation or search the Knowledge Base to get support information
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.