Introduction to Inno-Setup

Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. This was introduced first time in 1997. As of the date Inno
Setup rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in terms of feature set and stability.The tool is written in Delphi and full source code is available.

1. Introduction to Inno Setup
Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Date: 06/12/2013

2. About Me
Mindfire Solutions
Brainbench Certified C++ Programmer
Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, C++, Flex,
InDesign
Connect Me:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pant.poorti
LinkedIn: in.linkedin.com/pub/poorti-pant/64/357/a4/
Contact Me:
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Skype: mfsi_poorti

3. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Inno Setup
•Free download from http://jrsoftware.org/
•Works for Win 95 above
•Supports disk spanning
•Customizable setup types

4. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Inno Setup Wizard
Application information screen is the screen
where application information is entered by the
user while creating the installer

5. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions

6. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Application Name : Name of the Application.
This information is mandatory, for eg., “My
Setup”.This is the name by which people will
know the application. So choose the name so
that it is unique and easily remembered.
•Application Version : Version of Application.
If this installer is created for first time then
version is 1 or 1.0. It is mandatory
information.

7. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Application Publisher : Name of application
publisher. It is optional field but it is good
practice to provide the information. Name of
application owner either individual or
company is given.
•Application Website : Website of application.
Optional field but is good practice to provide
the information.

8. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Application Folder Screen
Inno setup script wizard presents user with
Application folder screen. User decides the
location where the application will be installed by
default. Below screen shows the application
folder screen.

9. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions

10. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Application Destination Folder : It is the
name of folder where the installed files will
be located once a user installs an application
using the installer created by this process. If
other folder is chosen then the files will be
located there.
•Application folder name : It is name of the
folder in which all the installed files of the
application will be located. In this case the
folder is My Setup under the program files
directory.

11. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Allow user to change application folder : If
this option is chosen then the user have
option to change the installation folder. If
the user does not choose the folder the
application is installed in the default folder
i.e., in My Setup under program files folder.

12. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Application Files Screen
Inno Setup Application files screen presents user
with an option to select files to be included in the
application installer. User can select the files and
folders to be part of the application installer.
Below screen shows the Application Files screen.

13. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions

14. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Application main executable files : If the
application contains a main executable file
then click on browse and choose the main
executable file of the application.
•Choose the option Allow user to start the
application after setup has finished if
application can be launched by the user as
soon as installation is completed.

15. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Click on the Add files and Add folders option
to select the files and folder which are part
of the installer. For example, let there be a
folder a and file b, c which are to be added in
the installer then these folder and files are
browsed and added using this option.

16. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Application Icons Screen
When one needs to launch any application in
windows either desktop icon is searched for or
start menu is clicked. So application icons are an
important part of any application created for
installation. Application icons can be specified for
an installer created using Inno Setup on the
Application Icons screen.

17. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions

18. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Application Start Menu folder name : This
name appears on the START –> ALL
Programs. In above case there will be an
option My Setup on the Start –> All
programs.

19. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Application
Documentation Screen

20. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•License file is used to display license
information while installing the application,
information file shown before installation
can be used to display assistance and
explanation of some parameters needed to
be entered by the user. This acts as great
help to the user and adds to the software
value. Also, information file shown after
installation can be used to display summary
of installation.

21. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Setup Language Screen

22. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•This screen is used to support additional
languages during installation.

23. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Compiler Settings Screen

24. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Custom Compiler output folder : Browse the
folder under which the installer file needs to
be saved so in above case the installer file is
saved in Sample Installer folder under
InnoSetup Samples folder.
•Compiler output base file name : This is the
name of the installer i.e. the .exe files so in
above example the name of the installer file
is mysetup.exe.

25. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
•Custom setup icon file : Browse for the .ico
file to be used as icon of the installer.
•Setup password : It is not used but if one
wants to protect the application using
password, then can specify it.

26. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Question and
Answer

27. Presenter: Poorti Pant, Mindfire Solutions
Thank you