Inno Setup Review and Demo

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Inno Setup Review and Demo
Presented to New England Visual Basic User
Group By Bob Avallone October 6, 2005
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About Us

• MetaPro Systems Inc.
• Services
• www.metaprosystems.com
• 781.860.7345
• Bob_at_metaprosystems.com

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About Us

• Applications Systems Corporation
• (ASC)
• www.ascsoft.com
• 617.426.2918
• rma_at_ascsoft.com

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Outline

• Why We Used It
• How We Used It
• Support
• Show Sample Project
• Conclusions

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Products

• MetaLabels is a flexible and easy to use
  Windows-based  application that allows you to
  create contacts and print address labels for
  them. You can create and print labels in any
  format you desire. You can sort the labels by
  various fields. You can select the labels to
  print by various criteria and also can create
  multiple label files. For example there can be
  one for personal contacts and one for business
  contacts. You can import labels from an text
  file. One use for this is to import contacts from
  other applications. They can effectively capture
  contacts from any application that allows the
  exportation to a text file. A great use for this
  application is to create labels for Christmas
  Cards. Enter the once and print the labels every
  year.

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About Inno

• Web http//www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

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Price Comparison

• InstallShield 11.0 Express 449.00  
      
• InstallShield 11.0 Professional 1,399.00
•  Wise for Windows Installer 6 449.00    
• Standard
• Wise for Windows Installer 6 1199.00
• Professional
• Inno Setup 0.

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INNO Setup - Key Features

• Support for all versions of Windows in use today
  -- Windows 95, 98, 2000, 2003, XP, Me, NT 4.0.
  (No service packs are required.)
• Extensive support for installation of 64-bit
  applications on the 64-bit editions of 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.

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INNO Setup - Key Features

• Installation of filesIncludes 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).