Download Inno Setup 5.0.8

Inno Setup has been updated to version 5.0.8. With this program, installation packages can be put together in a simple way. The program provides the ability to add information to the registry and ini files, create shortcuts, and compress the installation files. Furthermore, an uninstaller can also be created and the installation can be made available in several languages.

In addition to the program itself, there is also a so-called Quick Start Pack available. It contains a number of additional programs, including a GUI for creating Inno Setup scripts, and programs that convert InstallShield’s IWZ project files or Visual Basic (.vbp) project files into Inno Setup’s ISS files. Also the source code is available for download. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Changes in 5.0.8

• IDE changes:
  • Added support for setting breakpoints (Run | Toggle Breakpoint).
  • The dots in the editor’s gutter now shift properly when you insert/remove lines while debugging. (Note, however, that any changes you make while debugging won’t take effect until you re-compile.)
• Uninstaller: When a DLL/OCX was installed multiple times by separate installations of the same application, the uninstaller would unregister the DLL/OCX once for each install. As an optimization, it will now unregister the DLL/OCX only once.
• Compiler: Using outdated .isl files that are missing some messages no longer results in a fatal compiler error. Now, warnings will be printed, and the missing messages will be pulled from Default.isl.
• Various improvements/fixes to the parsing of pathnames. For example, ExtractFilePath(‘servershare’) now returns servershare rather than server, and ExtractFileDir(‘path’) now returns path rather than path.
• When recursively deleting directories (for example, from an [InstallDelete] entry or a call to DelTree), it no longer recurses into reparse points.
• The value of the NoProgramGroupCheck2 message is now always used as the caption of the “no icons” check box on the Select Start Menu Folder page of the wizard. Previously, it used either NoIconsCheck or NoProgramGroupCheck2 depending on whether an installation had [Icons] entries with Tasks parameters.
• exclusive [Tasks] items that have no visible siblings are no longer automatically converted into check boxes. (If you really want check boxes, then you shouldn’t use the exclusive flag.)
• Based on RemObjects Pascal Script SVN code revision 1022.
• Minor tweaks.