Graphical Installer for Inno Setup Manual

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This manual describes Graphical Installer (GI) for Inno Setup an Inno Setup extension for creating cool looking installers with custom design.

Warning:
This manual is related only to Graphical Installer for Inno Setup. All phrases 'Graphical Installer' mean 'Graphical Installer for Inno Setup'.

For information about Graphical Installer for NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) see appropriate manual in Graphical Installer for NSIS package.

We suppose that you have at least a little experience with Inno Setup and with its script syntax and functions. If no then you can read Inno Setup's awesome manual.

The manual is divided into three chapters:

Chapter I: Introducing Graphical Installer - chapter where you can get total view of this extension and find out basics of GI.
Chapter II: Graphical Installer core files - chapter with many technical information, usefull for creating advanced installers.
Chapter III: Using Graphical Installer Wizard - chapter with description of Graphical Installer Wizard (tool for generating installers).

Manual contains a lot of other useful information: Readme, FAQ, Changelog, Contact and support etc. It is worth reading them.

Quick start:

To create cool looking skinned installer (without reading the manual and learning Inno Setup for ages) we developed tool called Graphical Installer Wizard (GIW).
Graphical Installer Wizard is currently available as standalone application and plug-ins for several IDEs. IDEs are not part of Graphical Installer installation package - you need to download them separately.

We recommend you to use these IDEs for an easy way of creating and editing script files (.iss files). These tools provide a lot of functionality (like syntax highlighting, word completion, ...) which can resolve many errors occurring during development.

Visual & Installer - Visual Studio extension which integrates Inno Setup with Microsoft Visual Studio and allows you to create and build Inno Setup projects getting all benefits of this environment.
RAD & Installer - RAD Studio expert which integrates Inno Setup with Embarcadero RAD Studio and allows you to create and build Inno Setup projects getting all benefits of this environment.
Install Designer - user friendly tool for creating NSIS & Inno Setup Dialogs without any scripting.

Three most common questions about how to start with Graphical Installer:

a) How to generate whole installer in few minutes without scripting?

1) Run your favourite IDE (see above)
2) Run Graphical Installer Wizard from your IDE (or run it directly as Standalone application)
3) Generate whole installer following Wizard's pages with few clicks!

Thats all! As easy as pie! Your new cool looking installer is ready for use!

b) I already have existing Inno Setup installer, can I skin it?

Yes! Simply run Graphical Installer Wizard from your IDE (the same as above) and Select option Convert existing script.

c) I have no IDE, no GIW, just want to see how it works. Can I?

Yes! There are many ready to made examples in {Inno Setup 6}\Graphical Installer\Examples folder. Select desired script file (.iss) and compile it. Enjoy!