by Stefan Krueger
Found a nice blog article by Susan Gorman that introduces Windows Installer and InstallShield's role:
It's a nice article, but from a strict newbie perspective I think it could do a better job of touching on InstallScript CA's as an alternative to C++ CA's in the context of Basic MSI projects. This technique maintains the pure goodness of MSI without needing setup.exe or an external UI handler ala InstallScript MSI project.
I think this is important to understand.