Setup Factory adds 64-bit support

Setup Factory offers developers a solution for creating flexible installation systems without needing to learn a proprietary scripting language. Setup Factory provides the customization and advanced control features that developers require, all from within the Setup Factory Visual Design Environment. You can even deploy your applications for Web servers. Setup Factory contains a scripting engine based upon the Lua programming language. Lua offers all the usual programming logic such as loops, functions, and arrays, plus much more. The handy action wizard makes it easy, even for someone with zero programming knowledge, to simply click to add actions. The script editor makes it easy for advanced users to edit code directly.

Updates in V9.0

• 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.

About Indigo Rose

Located in Winnipeg's historic Exchange District, the Indigo Rose Corporation has been developing innovative software development tools for a worldwide client base since 1991. The company is a leading provider of software development tools used to facilitate Windows based software installation, patching, updating and deployment. Its products AutoPlay Media Studio, Setup Factory and Visual Patch are recognized leaders in the software development tools industry. They are the recipients of numerous awards, including the Java Developer's Journal World Class Award, Internet Eye Editor's Choice, Simply the BestGold Award and the Indezine Magazine 5 Star rating. Additionally, all Indigo Rose products contain extensive multilingual localization features, a fact recognized and applauded by their global developer base. Indigo Rose products are in use by thousands of corporate, government and ISV developers who use our runtimes to reach millions of users worldwide. The company's dedicated staff are committed to producing innovative tools to help accelerate and further the business goals of its customers.