the Inno Setup tool is an amazingly customizable setup tool you can use for creating a custom setup tool
Jean Lalonde, JnLlnd on AHK forum, lead us through a great tutorial. Thank you Jean! And thanks for the Quick Access Popup real-world examples!
Here are links to the Homepage, Download, Help
Jean provided these files from his demonstration
Overview of Inno Setup Tool
Simple Example
- Constants
–values used in your directives
–Examples:
- {app} the application directory
- {group} the path to the Start Menu folder
- #define
–create variables used in your directives
–See Inno Setup Preprocessor command
- [Setup]
–global settings used by the installer and uninstaller
- [Files]
–files to install on the user’s system
- [Icons]
–shortcuts Setup is to create in the Start Menu
Intermediate Example
- #define
–GetEnv() to retrieve environment variables
- [Setup]
–Adding more info (OutputDir, SetupIconFile, LicenseFile, etc.)
- [Tasks]
–Allow user to select tasks to execute
- [Icons]
–Adding menu item linking to an URL
–Adding Uninstall menu item
- [Dirs]
–Create a directory on user’s system
- [INI]
–Create or change values in an ini file
- [Run]
–Applications to launch after installation
- [Languages]
–Select installer task, determine values in ini file
- [CustomMessages]
–Messages that can be translated
Real Life example
- [Registry]
–Register the application in Windows Registry
–Create context menu entries
- [Code]
–Pascal language
–Code functions controling the setup flow
Example: ShouldSkipPage
