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Turbocharge your installations with Inno Setup

Long time Pascal and Delphi friends surely remember Jordan Russell for the Toolbar97 and Toolbar2000 components. At that time he started a very promising application called "Inno Setup". It was an easy to configure installation program, ideally suited for the target audience (freeware and shareware authors). Years have gone by, and look who's still alive and kicking... Inno Setup.

The current implementation of Inno Setup is so powerful, it rivals many commercial installers. Here's the list of key features taken from the Inno Setup homepage:

• Support for all versions of Windows in use today: Vista, XP, 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 Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Both the x64 and Itanium architectures are supported. (On the Itanium architecture, Service Pack 1 is required 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.


• Integrated Pascal scripting engine.


• Support for multilingual installs.


• Support for passworded and encrypted installs.


• Silent install and uninstall.


• Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0).

Download: Inno Setup
It's a free download, and can be used free of charge even when deploying commercial applications. You are encouraged to donate to help support the development of course!

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  Posted by oVan on Friday, April 27, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments

Free tool: Universal Extractor

Universal Extractor is a great little tool to extract files from archives (zip, rar, etc), MSI installer packages, and installation programs. In fact, the list of supported formats is quite long:

• Archive Type Common File Extension(s)


• 7-zip archive .7z, .exe


• ACE archive .ace


• ARC archive .arc


• ARJ archive .arj, .exe


• ASpack compressed file .exe


• BIN/CUE CD-ROM image .bin, .cue


• bzip2 archive .bz2, .tbz2, .tar.bz2


• CPIO compressed file .cpio


• Debian package .deb


• Encoded files .b64, .uu, .uue, .xx, .xxe, .yenc, .ntx


• Gentee package .exe


• gzip archive .gz, .tgz, .tar.gz


• IMG floppy disk image .img


• Inno Setup package .exe


• Installer VISE package .exe


• InstallShield Cabinet archive .cab, .1, .lib


• InstallShield package .exe


• ISO CD-ROM image .iso


• KGB archive .kgb, kge, .exe


• LZH compressed file .lzh, .lha


• LZW compressed file .Z, .tz, .tar.Z


• LZO compressed file .lzo


• MHTML file .mht


• Microsoft Cabinet archive .cab, .exe, .imf


• Microsoft Compiled Help file .chm


• Microsoft compressed file .??_


• Microsoft LIT e-book .lit


• Microsoft Windows Help file .hlp


• NSIS package .exe


• Outlook Express mail archive .dbx


• PEA archive .pea


• RAR archive .rar, .001, .exe


• RPM package .rpm


• SetupFactory package .exe


• SIS (SymbianOS) packages .sis


• StuffIt packages .sit


• TAR archive .tar, .tbz2, .tgz, .tz, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, .tar.z


• UHARC archive .uha


• UPX compressed file .exe, .dll


• Windows Installer package .msi


• Windows Installer patch .msp


• Wise Installer package .exe


• ZIP archive .zip, .jar, .xpi, .wz, .exe


• Zoo archive .zoo

Download: Universal Extractor

Universal Extractor is written in AutoIt Script, a powerful freeware scripting tool. If you want to create scripts yourself, get AutoIt Script

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  Posted by oVan on Monday, April 23, 2007 | PermaLink | 1 comments