Inno Setup Toolbar Advanced for VB6 / Blog: Recent posts

• Internationalization support for output installers. It means the Inno Setup Toolbar Advanced can create localized (such as Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, etc.) version of installer for an application. (Thanks to GioRock)
• More bugfixes courtesy of GioRock.

• Localized VB6 core runtime deployment is now supported. Just select language in application settings in the Wizard. For example if French language is selected vb6fr.dll will automatically added and copied. Make sure that VB6 locale runtime is in system32 (for 32-bit Windows) or syswow64 (for 64-bit Windows) folder.
• Error on parsing DEP Files on a 64-bit environment is fixed.
• Improved handling of DAO files especially on assigning path.
• Equipped with master dependency list (embedded in the addin) which was the same as VB6Dep.ini of Package Deployment Wizard for searching more dependencies.
• More bugfixes.

• Ability to parse REG and SRG file. These files are no longer include upon compilation.
• COM DLL detection for proper flagging of dll files.
• Bugfixes on sniffing from DEP files.
• Smarter installer output.
• The MDAC and WSH installation are longer depend on Windows versions. The installation triggers if the MDAC or WSH are not installed or the existing components are older than the setup.
• Compare file versions is implemented on necessary runtime installations (Thanks to AvryDas).

• Improved parsing DEP files.
• Translation of environment variables implemented.
• Improved SmartSafe installation.
• Proper designation of files especially if the library came from common files folder.
• More bugfixes

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* Robust and accurate depency sniffing (Thanks to OrdoConcept of PSC).
* Some bugfixes and improvements

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* Some bugfixes and improvements

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• The output installer has an automatic detection of MDAC and Windows Script Host installation. If the target computer has no MDAC or WSH, but the deploy application needs it. It will automatically installed.

• Script output improvements

• Some bugfixes.

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• Improved script generation and bugfixes

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• A bug which cause the Inno Setup Toolbar Advanced failed to load on some VB6 IDE especially when there is no Inno Setup found is now fixed.

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• The add-in can now deploy grouped Visual Basic 6.0 projects with just few clicks.
• Faster dependency sniffing.
• Auto saving VB6 projects (even in groups) before deployment.
• Better flagging and parsing of files and paths.
• Some bugfix

The Inno Setup Toolbar Advanced is now featured on the list of third-party tools for Inno Setup on their official website.

here is the link: http://www.jrsoftware.org/is3rdparty.php

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• Better handling of EXE, MSI, and MSU files. The wizard can set whether those files will executed upon installation process or not. Great for deploying another installers or redistribution.

• The application to be deploy can now add to startup.

• Errors on parsing filenames and path is fixed.

Changes:

• Ability to read Dependency (DEP) files for searching more dependencies deeply.
• Better handling of DLL, TLB, OCX, OLB, and SRG files.
• Better handling of DAO library files.
• The wizard can add registry entries by adding REG file.
• The existing project saves automatically when the wizard initialize.
• A bug which MSADODC.OCX failed to recognized as dependency is now fixed.
• Improved script generation.
• More improvements

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• Ability to include Windows Scripting Host when needed. (Especially when the project has a reference to SCRUN.DLL)
• Ability to manage redistributable files for your application to deploy.
• Bugfixes and optimizations.

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• Start menu appearance is now customized.
• The wizard can now remember the settings upon navigation.
• Improved Inno Script writing output.
• All features of Package Deployment Wizard is now fully inherited.
• Bugfixes and optimizations.

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• Error in parsing References from Visual Basic 6.0 project file which cause failure to copy the dependencies is fixed.

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• Ability to include MS Data Access Components Redistributable automatically when the Project has a reference to ActiveX Data Objects. (The location of MDAC Installer must be specified and define parameters for extra options). The MDAC will be installed when the setup is run on Windows Vista and below.
• Ability to include and install fonts. (Restarting computer is required).
• Problems on adding multiple files is fixed.
• Some bugfixes and optimizations.

Deploying applications is essential to the developers. They must run their application alone without their IDE. Only runtime library and application dependencies is needed. Visual Basic 6.0 is a easy and powerful programming toolkit. It has an own application deployment system called Package Deployment Wizard that creates installers written in VB6.

However Package Deployment Wizard has drawbacks:

• The installer created by PDW consists of Three Files (Setup.CAB, SETUP.LST, & SETUP.EXE) which is hassle to distribute. Missing one of those files can cause installation failures.
• Some installers fails to install components and requires to restart the computer.
• It is outdated that can cause problems when install it on a later version of windows.
• It recklessly overwrite the existing system libraries.... read more