Final EXE installer is stamped with SetupFactory...

[installshielduser]

Hello!

I am really trying to convert to use the new Indigo Setup Factory (over 40 hours invested on the demo version so far!).

My installer has always been built using Installshield (installshield 2000!) and the Installshield "Package for the Web" exe builder.

The Package for the Web system lets me set all the properties on the final exe (e.g. that it is (c) by us, what the product is, our version and build #, etc).

In fact, the package for the web does not put ANY tags on there from installshield. I have full control over all the tags.

Since package for the web is driven by an ini file, my build script sets the ini tags to the current build #, sets the product name and version, and all that, and then fires up package for the web to do the final 'build' to a single exe.


So far, I can't do ANY of that with setup factory. This is a show stopper for me because those tags are how we know what the installer is. (We put a lot of useful information into those tags, so you can know a lot about what is inside without actually having to install it.)


How can we get this control with setup factory?

Thanks!!

[mindstitchdr]

If you want to set the properties for the .exe file then select Build-Settings, then under the Bootstrapper select Edit-Resources. Select the checkbox "Stamp Executable with custom information" and set your info.

[installshielduser]

Thanks! That should fly.... (as long as I can set those values from our build environment at programatically at build time)

[alexzfirm]

Originally Posted by mindstitchdr

If you want to set the properties for the .exe file then select Build-Settings, then under the Bootstrapper select Edit-Resources. Select the checkbox "Stamp Executable with custom information" and set your info.

There is no TextBox there to override "Comments" info! I can set build number, trademarks, company name, etc. But I cannot override "Comments".

Bootstrapper has 8 TextBoxes
Compiled EXE has 11 meta tags with data

3 Extra ones

Comments
Language
Original Filename

"Language" is coming from combobox from the other part of the project, "Original Filename" I do not care about (let it be setup.exe), but I do care about "Comments" - where is it coming from?

[mindstitchdr]

Sorry my post didn't help with your question. I was simply answering the original posts question. I agree this needs to be added if there is no way to do it currently.

[installshielduser]

Yeah, the lack of control over Comments is a show stopper.

(we are in the business of selling our software, not setup factory, sorry)


Kind of wild how MSI is SO hard for us to actually adopt. I JUMPED on the indigo rose solution, now have well over 40 hours of dev work into it, and it is dead.

Back to Installshield 2000 .... tried and true...

(FWIW, about 3 years ago, or 4, we picked up the Wise Windows Installer tool, I think it was v5 at the time. We spent 3+ weeks working on it, ended up finding a lot of limitations, returned it, went back to installshield 2000....)

Youch again!

Waah!

[Lorne]

Thanks for your comments (no pun intended ), I've submitted them for consideration.

Note that the "Made with Setup Factory" comment is only in the bootstrapper. If you build an MSI file, you can set the package comments to whatever you would like.

[Lorne]

Just wanted to let you all know that we will be making it possible to edit the Comments field as well in one of the next updates to SFWI.

[smanners]

Feel free to update setupfactory 7 as well so the compiled executable information is not the setup factory version information.

[alexzfirm]

Originally Posted by Lorne

Just wanted to let you all know that we will be making it possible to edit the Comments field as well in one of the next updates to SFWI.

That is great. Thank you.

Any chance that you will add ability to delete files/folders based on absolute paths as well ?

[Brett]

Originally Posted by alexzfirm

Any chance that you will add ability to delete files/folders based on absolute paths as well ?

What do you mean by that? Can you expand on what you are trying to accomplish?