Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability. Features include a wizard interface, creation of a single EXE for easy online distribution, support for disk spanning, full uninstall capabilities, customizable setup types, integrated file compression, support for installing shared files and OCX’s, and creation of Start Menu icons, INI entries, and registry entries. Inno Setup places no arbitrary limits on how many files, shortcuts, registry entries, etc. that you may include in an installation. However, keep in mind that Setup does need memory for each entry in a script. For example, roughly 120 bytes of memory is needed for each [Files] entry. A typical Inno Setup installation running on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 does not require administrative or “power user” privileges.Key features:
• Support for all versions of Windows in use today: 7, 2008 R2, Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, 2000, Me, 98, 95, and NT 4.0. (No service packs are required.)
• Extensive support for installation of 64-bit applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows. Both the x64 and Itanium architectures are supported. (On the Itanium architecture, Service Pack 1 or later is required on Windows Server 2003 to install in 64-bit mode.)
• Supports creation of a single EXE to install your program for easy online distribution. Disk spanning is also supported.
• Standard Windows 2000/XP-style wizard interface.
• Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom.
• Complete uninstall capabilities.
• Installation of files: Includes integrated support for “deflate”, bzip2, and 7-Zip LZMA file compression. The installer has the ability to compare file version info, replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCX’s and type libraries, and install fonts.
• Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop.
• Creation of registry and .INI entries.
• Running other programs before, during or after install.
• Support for multilingual installs, including right-to-left language support.
• Support for passworded and encrypted installs.
• Support for digitally signed installs and uninstalls.
• Silent install and uninstall.
• Unicode installs. (Windows 2000/XP or later)
• Integrated Pascal scripting engine option for advanced run-time install and uninstall customization.
• Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0 and 2009).
Changes in version 5.4.3 (2011-12-20):
* QuickStart Pack: Now offers to download and install Inno Script Studio besides InnoIDE.
* Setup now only allows the “Don’t create a Start Menu folder” check box to suppress the creation of shortcuts under {group}. Previously, it would also suppress the creation of shortcuts in other locations, such as {userstartup}, on entries that lacked a Tasks parameter.
* Setup now doesn’t count files with Tasks/Check parameters when calculating the disk space shown at the bottom of the Select Components page.
* Improved throughput of external file copying on some devices.
* On Unicode, Setup now supports Rich Edit 4.1 when available.
* Inno Setup Preprocessor (ISPP) changes:
o Documentation improvements: Added the functions available from ISPPBuiltins.iss to the help file.
o #ifexist/#ifnexist: For consistency with ISPP functions, prepend SourcePath if the filename is relative, and also support prefix expansion.
o ReadReg: Now only requests KEY_QUERY_VALUE access on the key. Previously, it requested KEY_ALL_ACCESS.
* The Inno Setup source code is now also available as a Git repository at GitHub. This should make it easier to contribute to Inno Setup, see GitHub Help – Fork A Repo for more info.
* Added official Serbian (both Latin and Cyrillic) and Ukrainian translations.
* Minor tweaks.
The Inno Setup QuickStart Pack includes Inno Setup itself and additionally includes options to install third-party add-ons such as the ISTool script editor and Inno Setup Preprocessor. These add-ons are not official and are not required for general usage, but make Inno Setup easier to use.
Homepage – http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Size: 2.04 MB
Download Setup Stable
Download QuickStart Pack
0 Comments