by Rizalmartin (3 Submissions)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Advanced
Originally Published: Sun 30th July 2017
Date Added: Tue 9th February 2021
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The best alternative or even a successor to Package Deployment Wizard. You can now deploy applications straight from your Visual Basic 6.0 projects via Inno Setup by using this Visual Basic Add-In. It is fork and improved version of Inno Setup Toolbar 2.0 by Coder_Ghost inheriting the characteristics of Package Deployment Wizard. Now the deployment of applications written in Visual Basic 6.0 is now much more easier and less troublesome than before with this toolbar. Benefits of using Inno Setup Toolbar Advanced * Easy and Compact installer output for VB6 applications. * Dependencies is included * Can install on later Windows versions even on WINE and ReactOS * Application Virtualization and Desktop App Converter ready Does MSCOMCTL.OCX of this project failed to load on your VB6 IDE? This tip will fix the problem: Click here NOTICE: Inno Setup must be installed. (Download link: https://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php) Update 07-30-2017: Failed to create start menu entry is fixed Update 09-11-2016: * Old Crystal Report versions and MSXML is added on the dependency list. * Some bugfixes. Update 06-24-2016: * 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. Update 02-21-2016: * 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. Update 02-07-2016: * 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). Update 01-28-2016: 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 Update 01-26-2016: Improved dependency sniffing from DEP files. Update 10-16-2015: Robust and accurate dependency sniffing (Thanks to OrdoConcept) and more bugfixes. Update 08-17-2015: Issues on Run as administrator is fixed. Update 08-16-2015: Some bugfix and improvements.
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