Knotons Installmaker

Knotons Installmaker It consist of three parts KInstaller (makes the setup packages) KSetup (Installs the setup packages) KUninstall (Uninstall what has been installed) The main reason I have built this installmaker is because I was in need of an setup for easy distribution of a major update at work. didnt feel like spend a lot of $ on a professional one. I also built it because it was great fun and to see if I was able to :-) As far as I can tell it works well for the purpose it was built. It has great potential to be extended, feel free to do so and please share any extensions. Credits Goes to a lot of people, to many for me to remember. I gained the knowledge howto build it from various places and programmers. www.planet-source-code.com www.allapi.net and more..... Thank you all, open source is the best source for knowledge :-) How it works First you must compile all three parts into the same directory. You choose File/New in Kinstaller and gives your project the same name as the application you are building a setup for. That name is later being used at various places, for example the descriptive name in the add or remove programs applet... You add Files by choosing Action/Add files You change Destination by choose the destination in the Environ Path Variables combo, it then adds to the textbox there you can add any trailing folders manually. after that check all files that should have that destination and click Action/Change destination. Repeat until all files have the correct destination. You add Links (shortcuts) by choosing the link in the Links combo and it then adds it to the textbox there you manually could enter any trailing folders. After that check all files that should have that link and click Action/Set link Note that environ paths and links are casesensitive, DO NOT CHANGE IT. You can mark files as shared by checking them and click Action/Mark files as shared. This means your files wont be deleted during uninstall. You can specify if the one installing must be admin by checking the checkbox User must be admin You can specify if the one installing are allowed to choose his installationpath by checking the checkbox Allow user to choose %InstallationPath% You can also delete files, links, undo shared files.. Finally you are set to make the setup for your application Click Action/Create cabinet The cabinet will be made and Ksetup will be copied along with it with the name of your application the cabinet and the renamed Ksetup file is the ones you distribute. system directories for installation %System32% = Windows directory/System32 %InstallationPath% = Program files\ name of your application, or userspecified if allowed %CommonProgramFiles% = Program files\Common Files %ProgramFiles% = Program files %WinDir% = Windows directory Special folders directories for links/shortcuts %Programs% = Start\Programs (for current user) %AllUsersPrograms% = Start\Programs (for all users) %AllUsersStartUp% = Start\Programs\Startup (For all users) %AllUsersDesktop% = Desktop (For all users) %Desktop% = Desktop (For current user) %SendTo% = Shell\SendTo (For current user) %StartUp% = Start\Programs\Startup (for current user) %QuickLaunch% = Puts a quicklaunch link next to the startbutton Note that you only can add trailing folders to Programs/AllusersPrograms. Hope you will enjoy it. Let me know what you think, Feedback is what makes me a better programmer.