Oct 29, 2013, 08:41 am
Hello!
Since the forum has been purged, I decided to recreate my old thread about customizing Inno Setup. I reckon this will be of interest to uploaders, mostly.
Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. I use it from time to time when I repack old games, to make them work on modern PCs.
Inno Setup has many features, but what it lacks out of the box is a way to implement a good looking interface (the default one is bland). There are some tools which can help, such as: ISSkin - allows you to implement Windows themes; and Graphical Installer - allows you to change the design, but it's not free.
Fortunately, the full source code for Inno Setup is available and you can use it to implement any feature you want, provided that you know how to use Delphi (the programming language in which Inno Setup was written).
Here's an example of what I was able to do, after modifying the source code:
http://bayfiles.net/file/Z13V/nZCtdm/ken..._setup.exe (this is just a sample, no actual game files are included)
If you need help with Inno Setup, whether it's with implementing new features or altering the interface, or if you have some tips&tricks which you want to share, feel free to post here.
Since the forum has been purged, I decided to recreate my old thread about customizing Inno Setup. I reckon this will be of interest to uploaders, mostly.
Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. I use it from time to time when I repack old games, to make them work on modern PCs.
Inno Setup has many features, but what it lacks out of the box is a way to implement a good looking interface (the default one is bland). There are some tools which can help, such as: ISSkin - allows you to implement Windows themes; and Graphical Installer - allows you to change the design, but it's not free.
Fortunately, the full source code for Inno Setup is available and you can use it to implement any feature you want, provided that you know how to use Delphi (the programming language in which Inno Setup was written).
Here's an example of what I was able to do, after modifying the source code:
http://bayfiles.net/file/Z13V/nZCtdm/ken..._setup.exe (this is just a sample, no actual game files are included)
If you need help with Inno Setup, whether it's with implementing new features or altering the interface, or if you have some tips&tricks which you want to share, feel free to post here.