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Setup Factory 9.0.4.0

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What's New in Setup Factory 9.0.4.0?

• Fixed a bug where a divide by zero could happen in some circumstances in Setup Factory's runtime.
• Fixed a bug where the System.RegisterFont action could sometimes hang on certain systems.
• Fixed a bug on the "Add Action Plugin" dialog where resizing the dialog wasn't working properly.
• Fixed a bug where the available CPU threads would not update when switching between multiple build configurations on the Setup File tab of the Build Settings Dialog.
• Fixed a bug where attributes weren't being set properly for folder references.
• Fixed a redrawing bug related to the DlgBillboard.GoToImage action.
• Fixed an incorrect failure check for 64-bit in the the following dependency modules: Visual C++ 2008 (32-bit), Visual C++ 2010 (32-bit),Visual C++ 2008 SP1 (32-bit), Windows Installer 4.5 (32-bit), .NET 3.0 (32-bit).
• Fixed a bug in the File.Delete action where the "AbortOnFail" parameter wasn't working properly.
• Made it so that an uninstaller would only remove shortcuts created from the File Properties dialog if they were created by the install.
• Fixed a runtime redraw bug that would cause billboard transitions to be very choppy.
• Fixed a bug where the missing last project dialog was not modal.
• Fixed a bug where the File.RunAs action was not passing one of its arguments properly.
• Fixed a possible crash in the uninstall if there were a large number of left over files that needed to be removed on reboot.
• Fixed a bug where the e_CurrentItemPct value used during the While Installing progress could sometimes be incorrect.
• Made it so that if the setup is manifested with 'As invoker' privileges, the uninstall control panel entry will be created under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE which would previously fail with an error.
• Fixed a bug where when collecting launch user information and not allowing the setup to execute as an administrator could cause an extra error message.

What's New in Setup Factory 9.0.3.0:

• Feature: Added 2 new session variables, %LaunchUserName% and %LaunchUserDomain%.
• Feature: Added a new Debug.SendToFile action to let the developer store debug information in a text file, instead of being forced to write the information to the debug window.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where Edit Field controls using the Input mask Input Style were not using their session variable to properly initialize themselves.
• Fix: Added a warning to stop developers from entering invalid characters in the setup filename of the build settings.
• Fix: Made it so that Setup Factory would attempt to import project files larger than 10Mb instead of simply failing.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where the Turkish language xml files were saved with the incorrect character encoding.
• Fix: Made it so that new Setup Factory projects will not create uninstall shortcuts in the Start menu by default. This is in response to guideline changes made by Microsoft.

What's New in Setup Factory 9.0.1.0

• Fix: Updated the IRScriptEditor to version 2.0.1000 which contains Lua 5.1 syntax checking.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where the DlgListBox.GetItemProperties action could not retrieve the ItemData properly.
• Fix: Fixed a bug where the ComboBox control could lose it's item data leaving a screen and then returning to it.
• Fix: Added syntax support to the code editor for new Lua 5.1 operators.

What's New in Setup Factory 9.0

• NEW! Native 64-Bit Runtime - As development of native 64-bit applications continue to grow, take comfort in the fact that Setup Factory has you covered for your distribution needs. Setup Factory now allows you to generate 64-bit setups in addition to 32-bit. Whether you have 64-bit applications ready to go, or just want to be prepared for the future, Setup Factory will be ready and waiting to make your life easier.
• NEW! LZMA2 Data Compression - With Setup Factory 9's improved LZMA data compression LZMA2, you'll see remarkably smaller installers as well as faster installation performance than ever before. Take advantage of the power of modern CPUs with its enhanced multithreading support. Compared to previous versions, test results show up to 300% better compression performance and at least 20% faster installation speed. You'll be able to fit more on each CD/DVD (that’s a potentially huge manufacturing cost savings) and reduce your bandwidth for Internet distributed installers (that saves both you and your customers time and money). Additionally, customers will notice that your installers finish faster - and that means happier customers!
• NEW! Faster Building - Every second counts when it comes to development time. Significant improvements have been made to Setup Factory 9's build process meaning that you'll spend less time building and more time developing.
• NEW! Faster & More Powerful Lua 5.1 Scripting Engine - Setup Factory's scripting engine is now faster, more powerful and much more extensible. The Lua 5.1 system features incremental garbage collection, new mechanism for varargs, new syntax for long strings and comments, mod and length operators, metatables for all types and a fully reentrant parser.
• NEW! Plugin SDK v2 - Action Plugins are one of the best features of Setup Factory. They allow 3rd party software developers to extend and expand the product in an extremely integrated and seamless fashion. By simply dropping a plugin into your project, you can easily save yourself hours of work and add significant functionality to your setup. The great news is that with Setup Factory, plugin developers can now fully leverage the advantages of the Lua 5.1 language. The Plugin SDK v2 is available for free download on the indigorose.com website.
• NEW! Billboard Screen Control - The new billboard control allows you to incorporate billboards or static images on your custom screens and custom progress screens. Billboards can be used to show both single images, and image slideshows at any point in the setup, even while installing or uninstalling files.
• NEW! Custom Progress Screen - Previous progress screen types limited the types of controls you could add. The new custom progress screen gives you the freedom to design your own progress screen with any type or number of controls you wish.
• NEW! Custom Screen Size - If screen real estate is important, no need to worry! Setup Factory now allows you to create screens of any size through its enhanced theme settings. Screen sizes can be controlled project-wide through it's theme, or overridden on a per-screen basis.
• NEW! Setup Styles / Skinning - Setup Factory 9 gives you the freedom to create setups that look exactly the way you want. Perhaps you prefer that your setups take on the same appearance as the operating system (e.g. Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 Aero)? Or perhaps you'd like to simply make use of the hundreds of ready-to-use MSSTYLES themes (like OS/X Tiger and Panther) that you can download on the Internet? In any case, Setup Factory makes it possible – and easy!
• NEW! Set File / Folder Permissions - A powerful new action named "File.SetPermissions" allows you to set the user access permissions of any file or folder on the user's system.
• NEW! Enhanced Build Configurations - Building multiple installs from one Setup Factory project has become even easier in Setup Factory 9 with the addition of Dependency Modules and Plugins to build configurations. This helps to make developing 32-bit and 64-bit installations within the same project file a breeze.
• NEW! Improved Add Files Dialog - We've improved the Add Files dialog on Windows Vista and Windows 7 to give you the options that you would expect on those operating systems, including the search option and your favorite links.
• NEW! Latest Technologies Runtime Dependency Modules - In addition to the classic modules like Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, – Setup Factory now includes easy-to-use runtime dependency modules in both 32-bit and 64-bit for the newest and most popular technologies like .NET 4, Visual C++ 2010 and Windows Installer 4.5.
• NEW! 100% Import of Setup Factory 7.0 / 8.0 Projects - Upgrading to Setup Factory 9 is almost completely hassle-free. Simply open up your Setup Factory 7.0 / 8.0 project files and continue development. See the Changes to Setup Factory topic in the help file for information about minor changes that may be required.

What's New in Setup Factory 8.x?

• Compatible with Windows 7
• NEW! Visual Dialog Editor - You now have the freedom to create your own custom dialogs from scratch. Start off with an empty wizard dialog and then drop whatever controls you require onto it. Resize them, reposition them, call script code and much more. It's fully featured and totally visual.
• NEW! LZMA Data Compression - With Setup Factory 8.0's new high performance LZMA data compression, you'll see remarkably smaller installers as well as faster installation performance than ever before. Compared to Setup Factory 7.0, test results show up to 300% better compression performance and up to 20% faster installation speed. You'll be able to fit more on each CD/DVD and reduce your bandwidth for Internet distributed installers (that saves both you and your customers time and money). Additionally, customers will notice that your installers finish faster.
• NEW! Custom Setup Icon and Version Resource Info - You can now change the embedded setup.exe icon as well as the embedded version resource information (comments, product version, company name, product name, description, trademark, copyright etc.). While other installers force you to display their branding to your customers, Setup Factory 8.0 gives you the freedom to brand your installer however you see fit.
• NEW! Automatic Authenticode Signing - It's never been faster or easier to "codesign" your installer executable. Authenticode signing is incredibly important for both Internet downloads and Vista compatibility. Simply point Setup Factory 8.0 to your certificate and private key files, give it the description information and it will automatically sign your setup.exe during the build process.
• NEW! Support for Files Larger Than 2GB - Are you distributing massive data files? Setup Factory 8.0 is up to the challenge.
• NEW! Updated for XP SP3, Vista, Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 - Build your installer with Setup Factory 8.0 and relax. Setup Factory includes the latest OS detections, automatically populated built-in variables with the latest "popular" folder locations (e.g. CommonDocumentsFolder, MyMusicFolder, MyPicturesFolder, MyVideosFolder) and built-in the smarts so your installer will work on the newest operating systems as well as legacy systems all the way back to Windows 95.
• NEW! Custom Error Handling Events - Sometimes things go wrong during install or uninstall. Perhaps the user doesn't have the correct system requirements, or is missing a required application. With Setup Factory 8.0 you can either let the installer handle it with intelligent defaults, or you can now trigger script code thanks to the new "On Install Error" and "On Uninstall Error" events. These events are fired when an error occurs during the setup or uninstall, allowing you to handle it in a custom way.
• NEW! More Script Actions than Ever - Setup Factory 8.0 now comes with over 360 high level functions (actions) for use in your installer scripts. That's 40+ more than in v7.0.
• NEW! Latest Technologies Runtime Dependency Modules - In addition to the classic modules like Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, DCOM, JET and MDAC - Setup Factory 8.0 now includes easy-to-use runtime dependency modules for the newest and most popular technologies like .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, SQL Express 2005, Visual C++ 2008 and Windows Installer 3.1 v2.
• NEW! Plays Well with Source Control - For those of you who prefer to keep your Setup Factory project files in a source control system, it is now possible to turn off the recording of file time, statistical data, and version information inside the project file. This makes it much easier to add Setup Factory 8.0 project files to source control and not trigger immaterial "changes."
• NEW! Stand Alone Script Editor - Setup Factory 8.0 now includes the Indigo Rose Script Editor application. This new stand-alone program allows you to edit your installer scripts outside of the Setup Factory 8.0 IDE. Includes support for syntax highlighting, intellisense code completion and help file integration. Simply run "IRScriptEditor.exe" from the Setup Factory 8.0 program folder.
• NEW! 64 Bit Windows - There is now a new global variable that returns the location of "_ProgramFilesFolder64" as well as session variables for locating "%ProgramFilesFolder64%" and "%CommonFilesFolder64%."
• NEW! Keep Uninstall Window on Top - There is now an option on the uninstall settings called "Always on top". This will force the uninstall window to stay on top of all other windows on the desktop.
• NEW! Extensive MSI Action Library - For when you want your Setup Factory 8.0 "script" installer to interact with "MSI" installers like Indigo Rose's MSI Factory. These new actions leverage the Windows Installer service technology on the user's system. They make it easy to query the state of products, features and components on the user's system that were installed with a MSI Windows Installer package.
• NEW! 100% Import of Setup Factory 7.0 Projects - Upgrading to Setup Factory 8.0 is completely hassle-free. Simply open up your Setup Factory 7.0 project file and go.

Setup Factory is compatible with all versions of Windows from 95 through Vista There is an improved development environment to streamline your workflow and unprecedented flexibility with a new customizable Screen Manager, Project Themes, Action Editor and Scripting Engine. Even with all the new features Setup Factory remains one of the easiest to use installer builders available, but it’s now also one of the most powerful solutions as well.

Setup Factory Improved Project Wizard
Setup Factory features an unbeatable development environment that puts you in control of your files. Simply drag and drop your files and folders onto the project window and you’re ready to build. Setup Factory is smart enough to maintain your folder structure, automatically query version resource information, create shortcut icons and ensure 100% data integrity with reliable CRC-32 checking. Of course, everything can be customized and overridden if you wish, but for most projects the improved Project Wizard can handle it all with just a few clicks.

Setup Factory Compact Single-File Setups
Smaller and faster means a better experience for your customers and Setup Factory V delivers with a tiny ~450 KB runtime overhead (including uninstall). Additionally, with no “unpacking” step required, Setup Factory installers are also much faster to initialize and install. What’s more, the Publishing Wizard walks you through the build process with a few easy steps. The single-file setup.exe is ready for distribution by web, email, LAN, CD, DVD and even floppy disk.

Setup Factory Project Quick-Start
Spend five minutes with Setup Factory’s easy to use Project Wizard and come away with a complete, ready to build installation project. You’ll be walked through each option so you can get your project started as quickly as possible.

Setup Factory Customizable Install Wizard Screens
Setup Factory V comes with a library of more than twenty different screen templates to choose from and a pre-built wizard sequence suitable for the majority of installation tasks. There are pre-built layouts to handle just about any task your installer could want, and it’s easy to adjust them to fit your needs exactly. There’s everything from check boxes, radio buttons and edit fields to popular screens like license agreements, serial number verification, shortcut folder selection and other advanced options. The Screen Manager allows you to add and remove screens at will, and adjust the sequence with a simple drag-and-drop motion. Each screen features a real-time preview so you can see the result of your changes as you work.

Setup Factory Themes and Skins
Choose from dozens of pre-made themes (skins) for your screens or even make your own. It’s as easy as viewing a live dialog preview and picking your favorite style. You can configure everything from fonts (face, color, size, style) and banner images to body/background graphics, control colors (buttons, check boxes, radio buttons) and more. Whether your installer needs a corporate feel or a hip attitude, you can do it with Setup Factory

Setup Factory Background Window Options
Choose between the traditional setup-wizard style or the modern Windows Installer style interface. You can customize the background window with gradients, images, color washes, headlines and footer text with 3D effects. Now you can also select a custom taskbar icon, force the setup window to remain on top of other windows or even hide the taskbar icon completely for totally silent installs.

Setup Factory Extensive Action Library
Previous versions of Setup Factory have included a handful of system actions for doing routine tasks such as running programs and creating shortcut icons. Setup Factory takes it to another level and gives you full control over your installer. You get a built-in library of more than 250 easy to use actions, so you can do whatever you need without having to be an advanced programmer. There are actions to handle everything from text file editing to system registry changes. You can execute programs, call DLL functions, query drive information, manipulate strings, copy files, enumerate processes, start and stop services, interact with Web scripts, display dialog boxes and much more.

Setup Factory Easy to Use Action Wizard
You don’t have to be a wizard to create powerful installers with Setup Factory . Indigo Rose has built the wizard into the software! Simply choose the action you want from a categorized list (complete with on-screen interactive help), fill in the requested information fields and the wizard does the rest. You don’t have to know anything about scripting or programming – just fill in the blanks and you’re done. Making changes is just as easy. Click on the line you want to change and press the “edit” button to go back to the original form.

Setup Factory Powerful Scripting Engine
Indigo Rose has taken the classic Setup Factory action engine and replaced it with an all-new and incredibly powerful free-form scripting engine. Based on the popular LUA language, this easy to understand scripting language features everything from “for, repeat and while” loops, to “if/else” conditions, functions, variables and tables (associative arrays). Paired with the built-in action library, full mathematical evaluation and Boolean expressions, there’s simply nothing you can’t achieve. Of course, they’ve also built in an “Action Wizard” and “Code Wizard” so even complete novices can create powerful installers that handle even the most demanding installation tasks.

Setup Factory Color Syntax Highlighting Action Editor
If you’ve outgrown the Action Wizard interface or simply want to unleash the power of the fast and efficient scripting engine, that’s covered. The Setup Factory freeform action editor features all of the professional features you’d expect. There’s color syntax highlighting, code completion, function highlighting, as-you-type action prototypes, Ctrl+Space function listings and even context-sensitive help. If you’re used to programming in Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C++ or any other modern development language, you’ll be right at home.

Setup Factory Expandable with Action Plugins
Setup Factory can be easily expanded with Action Plugins. These plugin modules can extend the product in infinitely powerful ways, such as adding support for databases, XML, data encryption and FTP file transfers. Tight integration with the design environment – including IntelliSense style code completion and syntax highlighting – makes them just as easy to use as built-in actions. Plugins are available through Indigo Rose as well as third-party developers thanks to Indigo Rose’s freely available plugin development kit.

Setup Factory Dependency Modules & Runtime Support
Instantly add runtime support for many popular third-party technologies, including Visual Basic 5.0, Visual Basic 6.0, DCOM, JET, MDAC, Visual C++ and more. Additional dependency modules are easy to create and integrate seamlessly into the development environment. Setup Factory gives you complete control over the detection and installation of each module, so you can easily adjust the behavior to suite your particular requirements.

Setup Factory lexible Uninstaller
Setup Factory features a new and improved uninstall feature. Simply turn it on and let Setup Factory worry about removing your files. Anything that is installed during the setup will be marked for removal by the uninstaller. However, if you want to go in and tinker with the settings, you’ll find that the uninstaller is now fully customizable. You can take full control of what files are removed, what shortcut icons are deleted, what registry changes are made and anything else you require. Even the dialog screens and sequence can be adjusted to suit your needs.

Setup Factory System Requirements Checking
You can easily enforce system requirements just by clicking a few boxes. Built-in checks include operating system, memory, screen resolution, color depth and administrator privileges. If the user’s system does not meet the minimum requirements you have chosen, the installer can either warn the user or abort the setup entirely.

Setup Factory Serial Numbers, Security and Access Features
Setup Factory includes a variety of features designed to help you manage access to your software, including serial number lists and date-based expiration. With its powerful serial number generator you can quickly create thousands of unique serial numbers, which are stored internally as secure MD5 hashes. Hidden from prying eyes, your installer data is compressed using proprietary algorithms and only accessible to those users who supply a valid serial number. Of course, if you’d rather do it yourself, Setup Factory is flexible enough to support your own custom validation and authorization schemes.

Setup Factory Packages, Categories and Install Types
Creating installers for complex and multi-part products is now easier than ever. With dramatically improved support for grouping files into packages, it’s a snap to group products and features into a single installer. There’s even support for categories so you can group your packages into logical components. It’s the ultimate in flexibility for those large projects that need to support different installation types like typical, minimum, complete and custom.

Setup Factory International Language Support
Setup Factory offers unsurpassed support for multilingual installations. Setup Factory gives you everything you need to support your customers and clients around the World without the need to purchase additional options. Installers created with Setup Factory can automatically determine the language of the client operating system and adjust the display of screens and messages appropriately. Whether you need to support English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or any other language recognized by Windows, with Setup Factory you simply provide the text and your installer takes care of the rest.

Setup Factory Built-in Spelling Checker
Now it’s easier than ever to make sure that typos don’t creep into your projects. Basically anywhere you can type, you can perform a spell check to ensure error-free text. Dictionaries are available for over a dozen languages including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Croatian, Czech, Polish and Slovenian.

Setup Factory Reports and Logs
Keeping track of the essential details of your installation project is now just a couple of clicks away. With improved HTML-based project reports (featuring CSS formatting) and text-based install-time log files, you’ll have an accurate record of everything you need. New options let you control the level of detail being logged, including options for recording errors and script actions.

Setup Factory Silent Installs
Create silent installations that operate without displaying user interface dialogs, prompts, messages or errors. Easily read command defaults from a response file and control the installation automatically. Silent installs let you maintain control over hundreds or thousands of workstations while enforcing corporate standards. New options let you enable silent installs with a command line switch, or even force the installer to always run in unattended mode. Setup Factory installers automatically return command line status codes and can be easily called from batch files and automatic build processes.

Setup Factory Visual Basic Project Scanner
If you’re creating installers for your Visual Basic projects, then look no further. Setup Factory can analyze your VB project and automatically add the necessary runtime files and dependencies for you. There’s even an advanced executable scanner that can assist you in determining required DLL’s and libraries for those difficult to manage multi-team projects.

Setup Factory Unattended Builds
Setup Factory fits seamlessly into your daily build process. Creating your product installer every time you build your source code makes it easy to test early and often. Simply include your Setup Factory project in your build process to run automatically and output a finished setup.exe.

Setup Factory Works with Windows 95 and Up
While other installer tools are dropping support for older operating systems such as Windows 95 and 98, Indigo Rose believe that your choice of installation builder shouldn’t limit your potential market. Setups created with Setup Factory work just fine on every Windows operating system from Windows 95 to Vista.

Setup Factory Comprehensive User’s Guide
Indigo Rose listened when customers said they wanted more learning resources. The new user’s guide has been written from scratch to cover everything you need to know to create professional installers. You’ll learn everything from basics like working with files and customizing the user interface all the way up to lessons on mastering the scripting language and creating multilingual installers. It’s sure nice to have when you want to move beyond the wizards and get the most out of your software investment.