Inno Setup Feature Request on UserVoice

Allow the order of installation types to be specified [updated]

2012-02-08T16:27:31-08:00

No matter what I do, the installation types I have specified are displayed in an order I do not want. I would like to be able to specify that order or at least make one of the types the default selection

Miral Mirality said:

Types are listed in the order they are specified in the script, and the default is the first one for an initial install, or the last-used one for a subsequent install. Please discuss this on the newsgroups if you have further issues.

Constants : Add support for .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5 [updated]

2012-02-08T16:16:07-08:00

There is support for .NET 2.0 and .NET 4.0 but not for .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5

Miral Mirality said:

.NET 3.0 and 3.5 are based on 2.0. Just use regasm/gacutil for 2.0.

Compiler: MessagesFile should inherit ISPP context

2012-02-08T16:08:55-08:00

Miral Mirality suggested:
When using the MessagesFile setting in the [Languages] section, it currently does not inherit the ISPP context (defined variables, etc) of the parent script. It would be useful if it did. As an example, the parent script might: #define ResourcePath "X:\Some\Path\To\Resource\Files" And then inside the messages .isl file it could have: #include ResourcePath + "common-en.isl" Or one of the messages could use {#SomeVar} as part of its text (though this is only useful for things that can't be translated, such as version numbers or brand names).

Setup: Add the ability to include a (longer, pehaps a few sentences) description for components [updated]

2012-02-08T15:51:16-08:00

You can create Components (for example Main Application, Documentation, Additional Companion Software 1, Additional Companion Software 2, ...), but as far as I know, you cannot provide a description of these components. That would be useful in many setups. It would be useful to tell the end-user what the component is used for, which often is not entirely obvious only by looking at its short name,

Miral Mirality said:

I wrote something which shows some descriptive text for types -- see http://www.mirality.co.nz/inno.php. It could probably be adapted to do something similar for components.

Setup: Make use of the Restart Manager [updated]

2012-02-06T12:51:58-08:00

Make use of the Windows Vista/7 Restart Manager. This should make it possible to present to the user a list of programs/services that need to be shut down because of in use files, and then ask Windows to shut these down before installation and to restart them afterwards.

epu said:

Yay! Can't wait to try this. Thank you.

Setup: Make use of the Restart Manager [is now completed]

2012-02-06T07:50:50-08:00

Setup: Make use of the Restart Manager [updated]

2012-02-06T07:50:49-08:00

Martijn Laan (admin) responded:

Available in the next version.

Password protected uninstallation [updated]

2012-02-06T01:27:52-08:00

I want to password protect uninstallation. So the plan is to ask the uninstall password for it.

Deanna Earley said:

This is a very frowned upon idea. The uninstall is limited to admins only so it won't gain anything.

Password protected uninstallation

2012-02-05T00:40:55-08:00

Jonathan suggested:
I want to password protect uninstallation. So the plan is to ask the uninstall password for it.

Add an ALLUSERS property [updated]

2012-02-04T15:30:26-08:00

This is a public property value for a feature that is native to the windows installer that simply applies settings (e.g. registry entries) to HKCU for users that have an established profile on the system.

JP said:

Sorry but this is not what ALLUSERS property does. It defines the installation context. If ALLUSERS=1, the product is installed in a machine context meaning for instance that application destination is in %programfiles% and available for all users, with or without a profile. ALLUSERS="" means that the application is only available to the user who installed it. Application destination is %LocalAppData%\Programs (Windows 7) Inno Setup does this without ALLUSERS. Maybe you want to search "Active Setup" in google, because it seems to me, it more what you searching for. For more information about ALLUSERS see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd765197(v=vs.85).aspx

Add an ALLUSERS property [updated]

2012-02-03T10:24:06-08:00

Deanna Earley said:

There is nothing in Inno that will run on subsequent logins to implement this functionality.
You can do it for the current user, all users (shared), or new users. You will need to add something that runs for every user login for the rest of eternity to do this for you, or just build it into your app to do it if needed (which is the recommended method)

Add an ALLUSERS property [updated]

2012-02-03T09:25:47-08:00

Yves Alexandre said:

The ALLUSERS property is a Windows installer public property leveraged primarily by MSI based installers that ensures the configurations applied during install under the context for which it was installed are made available for subsequent (new) user log in. Does Inno provide this feature already?

Allow selection of font (e.g. fixed) for Licence and Information dialogs [updated]

2012-02-03T05:08:50-08:00

As fas as I can tell, there is only one font for the entire setup. I like proportional fonts in general, but the embedded Licence and Information dialogs display a text file in the same which makes it very difficult to format in a small window. Let me choose the font for these dialogs independently.

Deanna Earley said:

You can use a rich text file for the licence to specify your own font.

Allow the order of installation types to be specified

2012-02-03T04:57:23-08:00

Anonymous suggested:
No matter what I do, the installation types I have specified are displayed in an order I do not want. I would like to be able to specify that order or at least make one of the types the default selection

Allow selection of font (e.g. fixed) for Licence and Information dialogs

2012-02-03T04:53:11-08:00

Anonymous suggested:
As fas as I can tell, there is only one font for the entire setup. I like proportional fonts in general, but the embedded Licence and Information dialogs display a text file in the same which makes it very difficult to format in a small window. Let me choose the font for these dialogs independently.

Compiled Installer to show thumbnail in Windows 7 taskbar

2012-02-01T13:51:39-08:00

Windows Game Explorer [updated]

2012-01-30T01:26:06-08:00

Add an easy way to add a Game to the Windows Game Explorer in vista / 7.

Deanna Earley said:

Can you post that to the wiki and/or the newsgroups. Thanks

Setup: a collapsable treeview in the components list [updated]

2012-01-29T16:49:33-08:00

A real Treeview in the Components List, where subtrees can be collapsed

DLPB said:

Come on! add it!

Windows Game Explorer [updated]

2012-01-29T09:01:26-08:00

Add an easy way to add a Game to the Windows Game Explorer in vista / 7.

Anonymous said:

Finally figured it out, here the sample code for any other poor souls:

const
CLSID_GameExplorer = '{9a5ea990-3034-4d6f-9128-01f3c61022bc}';
GIS_CURRENT_USER = 2;
GIS_ALL_USERS = 3;

type
IGameExplorer = interface(IUnknown)
'{E7B2FB72-D728-49B3-A5F2-18EBF5F1349E}'
function AddGame(sGDFBinaryPath: String; sInstallDirectory: String; installScope: Word; var pguidInstanceID: TGUID): HResult;
function RemoveGame(instanceID: TGUID): HResult;
function UpdateGame(instanceID: TGUID): HResult;
function VerifyAccess(sGDFBinaryPath: String; var pHasAccess: Boolean): HResult;
end;

procedure GERegister;
var
myGEX: IGameExplorer;
myGUID: TGUID;
o: IUnknown;
bAccess: Boolean;
begin
o := CreateComObject(StringToGuid(CLSID_GameExplorer));
myGEX := IGameExplorer(o);
OleCheck(myGEX.VerifyAccess(ExpandConstant('{app}\bin\fotw.exe'), bAccess));
if bAccess then
begin
OleCheck(myGEX.AddGame(ExpandConstant('{app}\my.exe'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), GIS_ALL_USERS, myGUID));
end;
end;

add uninstall icon again [updated]

2012-01-29T07:45:42-08:00

I want it to be simpler to have a custom icon for the uninstaller

Deanna Earley said:

As the install and uninstall executables are the same, the only thing you can do to make it easier is to add a second icon to the executable, meaning you don't have to distribute a separate .ico file and you can just set IconIndex on the shortcut to 2. It's arguable whether this is worth it or not to save one file on disk.
It does make sense (IMO) to have a default 2nd icon embedded so we dont need to distribute one explicitly for the uninstall shortcut.

Windows Game Explorer [updated]

2012-01-29T06:01:23-08:00

Add an easy way to add a Game to the Windows Game Explorer in vista / 7.

Anonymous said:

hi, is there any chance to see an implementation example? i scoured the web for any hints but so far i got zip. thanks!

add uninstall icon again

2012-01-28T19:07:01-08:00

Patrick Thomas suggested:
I want it to be simpler to have a custom icon for the uninstaller

Add an ALLUSERS property [updated]

2012-01-20T08:18:07-08:00

Deanna Earley said:

Can you be more specific? You already have access to all the "common" (all users) folders and registry keys. In fact, that is recommended over setting local user values as these may be for a different user that what you expect.

Add an ALLUSERS property

2012-01-20T06:30:55-08:00

Yves Alexandre suggested:
This is a public property value for a feature that is native to the windows installer that simply applies settings (e.g. registry entries) to HKCU for users that have an established profile on the system.

Install/Uninstall: Add an option to display "Marquee Progress". [updated]

2012-01-16T04:11:36-08:00

For custom installs where exact installation times may be grossly obscure or otherwise difficult to calculate allow an optional "Marquee Progress" indicator to show the user that the installation is still in progress as opposed to a completed progress bar while there may still be remaining routines to process.

Deanna Earley said:

Oh, as per http://innosetup.uservoice.com/forums/33177-inno-setup-feature-request/suggestions/758264-installer-tnewprogressbar-indefinite, try:
WizardForm.ProgressGuage.Style := npbstMarquee;

Install/Uninstall: Add an option to display "Marquee Progress". [updated]

2012-01-16T04:02:12-08:00

Deanna Earley said:

It would also be nice/useful if this mode can be used when it gets to the [Run] section that may be an indeterminate amount of time.

A property to set the mode would be fine as it can then be called from a BeforeInstall parameter on a [Run] entry.

I can't remember if the marquee mode requires the message loop to be running though.

Setup: Retry file update failures even if RestartReplace is used. [is now completed]

2012-01-12T04:05:44-08:00

When RestartReplace is used INNO skips any retry it would normally do. This would help reduce unnecessary restarts when windows or other apps are slow to release a file. http://news.jrsoftware.org/news/innosetup/msg82771.html

a function to use in the code that check the type of installation the user select [updated]

2012-01-09T06:32:11-08:00

If you want to run some code depend on the installation type.

Deanna Earley (admin) responded:

This is already available as the WizardSetupType() function.
Note that the setup type shouldn't really control anything. The components however do and you can use IsComponentSelected() check.

Allow to replace single files within an already created Setup Package [updated]

2012-01-08T02:57:18-08:00

Creation of a Setup Package for our product takes about 15 minutes. Sometimes we need a new Setup with just a few source files changed. Since we have about 8 variants of Setup and Update Packages, it would be very time saving if Inno Setup allows to replace single files within an already created Setup Package. It should work like replacing a file within a ZIP file.

Martijn Laan said:

You can use nocompression + dontverifychecksum for this.

Install/Uninstall: Add an option to display "Marquee Progress".

2012-01-07T07:38:31-08:00

Yves Alexandre suggested:
For custom installs where exact installation times may be grossly obscure or otherwise difficult to calculate allow an optional "Marquee Progress" indicator to show the user that the installation is still in progress as opposed to a completed progress bar while there may still be remaining routines to process.

add OpenFileDialog() like function, which will allow user to browse file(s) and select it

2012-01-03T23:04:08-08:00

Arvind suggested:
add OpenFileDialog() like function, which will allow user to browse file(s) and select it

[Setup] Ability to update version number for "upgrade" installation

2012-01-03T19:06:37-08:00

Eric Chiang suggested:
When running an installation that is an "update" or "add-on" to an existing installation, we often want to change the minor version number as well. An UpdateUninstallLogVersionNumber=yes would be great.

Setup: Make use of the Restart Manager [is now started]

2012-01-03T10:30:16-08:00

Setup: Make use of the Restart Manager [updated]

2012-01-03T10:30:16-08:00

Martijn Laan (admin) responded:

Started, see http://news.jrsoftware.org/read/article.php?id=94653&group=jrsoftware.innosetup#94653

Setup: Installation will continue after restart system. [is now completed]

2012-01-02T05:14:26-08:00

When the system restart, the software installation will be complete.

Setup: Installation will continue after restart system. [updated]

2012-01-02T05:14:26-08:00

When the system restart, the software installation will be complete.

Martijn Laan (admin) responded:

Already possible.

Uninstall: Add support for custom wizard pages like Setup [is now none]

2012-01-02T05:12:49-08:00

Handle the UnInstall process just like the Install/Setup process using Wizardpages, and the accompanying event functions. This would allow for a more complete handling of uninstalls, especially when removing 3rd party sub-installs.

Uninstall: Add support for custom wizard pages like Setup [is now under review]

2012-01-02T05:12:28-08:00

Uninstall: Add support for custom wizard pages like Setup [is now none]

2012-01-02T05:12:18-08:00

Uninstall: Add support for custom wizard pages like Setup [is now under review]

2012-01-02T05:12:00-08:00

Setup: Add support for common pre-requisites [updated]

2011-12-01T13:23:59-08:00

The compiler should have automatic handling of common pre-requisites such as the .Net Framework 1, 2, 3, 4, MDAC, SQL Server, Internet Explorer etc. This could be activated through a setup directive. The installer should automatically download and install the pre-requisites in the installation process.

M_Lyons10 said:

This gets my vote. This would be a really great improvement to Inno Setup. :) If it could check for prerequisites and download them if necessary, that would make it a lot easier on developers and users for sure.

Setup: Installation will continue after restart system. [updated]

2011-11-28T08:08:19-08:00

When the system restart, the software installation will be complete.

Deanna Earley said:

If you want help, ask on the newsgroups:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/newsgroups.php

Setup: Installation will continue after restart system. [updated]

2011-11-28T04:14:38-08:00

When the system restart, the software installation will be complete.

Rafael Souza e Silva said:

I don't know if this feature already exists, but I need this and I don't know how to make.
Thanks.

How I can Delete InnoSetup 5.4.2 from PC? How to clean Registry entries from InnoSetup? [updated]

2011-11-08T12:33:23-08:00

How I can Delete InnoSetup 5.4.2 from PC? How to clean Registry entries from InnoSetup?

Bur said:

How I can Delete InnoSetup 5.4.2 from PC? How to clean Registry entries from InnoSetup?

Setup: Component selection: Add hint for component [updated]

2011-11-02T22:31:49-07:00

I think it would be usefull to bind a custom "hint" to every component on component selection page during setup. To display hint for current (selected) component I suggest to allocate some space below or more to the right of component treeview. This feature is yet implement in NSIS and I think it is enough useful. Without it each component description in treeview become much longer than it might be.

Dmitriy Kudriavtsev said:

no comment

Setup: Component selection: Add hint for component

2011-11-02T22:29:49-07:00

Dmitriy Kudriavtsev suggested:
I think it would be usefull to bind a custom "hint" to every component on component selection page during setup. To display hint for current (selected) component I suggest to allocate some space below or more to the right of component treeview. This feature is yet implement in NSIS and I think it is enough useful. Without it each component description in treeview become much longer than it might be.

StrToFloat should use regional settings [updated]

2011-10-28T03:28:04-07:00

The Format function uses regional settings, eg. Format('%.1f', [1.5]) = '1,5'. But function StrToFloat can not convert such value to string. Instead I have to implement such algorithm: sTmp := Trim(Edit1.Text); StringChangeEx(sTmp, ',', '.', True); nValue := StrToFloat(sTmp);

Deanna Earley said:

Erm, the inverse of StrToFloat is FloatToStr (neither of which are exposed in Inno's Script), not Format.

StrToFloat should use regional settings

2011-10-27T16:30:08-07:00

gskoczylas suggested:
The Format function uses regional settings, eg. Format('%.1f', [1.5]) = '1,5'. But function StrToFloat can not convert such value to string. Instead I have to implement such algorithm: sTmp := Trim(Edit1.Text); StringChangeEx(sTmp, ',', '.', True); nValue := StrToFloat(sTmp);

function in PascalScript to rollback changes [updated]

2011-10-16T09:47:13-07:00

Really miss this feature!

Deanna Earley said:

Once the setup has started, a clean rollback is almost impossible. As Martijn said, anything that you expect to fail should be done as early as possible, preferably before it starts.
PrepareToInstall is the best place, most likely with ExtractTemporaryFile.

Setup: Add support for common pre-requisites [updated]

2011-10-15T09:10:02-07:00

Deanna Earley said:

There are already plenty of samples and script addons that do exactly that. One on the ISXKB is http://www.vincenzo.net/isxkb/index.php?title=.NET_-_Detect_framework