ASIS: Advanced Simple Installer Script

[KaktoR]

Use external records.ini (or you can include records.ini inside Setup.dll).

[XxAZAxX]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Use external records.ini (or you can include records.ini inside Setup.dll).

Hi KaktoR, you personally which configuration do you recommend to use? "Setup.dll"? if yes, could you show me how to do it? i have never used it differently from my usual do before, thats why i find myself a bit in trouble.. sorry if i waste your time and thanks in advance for all the work you do bro.

(sorry for my bad english)

[Cesar82]

Originally Posted by XxAZAxX

Hi KaktoR, you personally which configuration do you recommend to use? "Setup.dll"? if yes, could you show me how to do it? i have never used it differently from my usual do before, thats why i find myself a bit in trouble.. sorry if i waste your time and thanks in advance for all the work you do bro.

(sorry for my bad english)

From this latest version of ASIS, it works with decompressors stored externally in a file of the same name as the installer with extension ".dll" (Setup.exe/Setup.dll "or Install.exe/Install.dll, etc.).
This DLL file is nothing more than a freeArc (.arc) file and it is necessary to have all the files necessary to do the decompression inside DLL file (Except ISDone.dll and UnArc.dll).
So the current ASIS is being shared with a decompression tool DiskSpan_GUI, which generates the Setup.dll file (with all necessary decompressors) when performing the compression depending on the method chosen to compress.

[XxAZAxX]

Originally Posted by Cesar82

From this latest version of ASIS, it works with decompressors stored externally in a file of the same name as the installer with extension ".dll" (Setup.exe/Setup.dll "or Install.exe/Install.dll, etc.).
This DLL file is nothing more than a freeArc (.arc) file and it is necessary to have all the files necessary to do the decompression inside DLL file (Except ISDone.dll and UnArc.dll).
So the current ASIS is being shared with a decompression tool DiskSpan_GUI, which generates the Setup.dll file (with all necessary decompressors) when performing the compression depending on the method chosen to compress.

Ah here, I've always used only FreeArc with the simple method -m5 ...

I've never used the "DiskSpan_GUI" and I don't know where to put my hands at the moment .. in practice I would like to compress the files of a game (The Godfather) making it become "Data.AZA" is it possible to make it become this way?

ps: it is possible to translate the DiskSpan_GUI? in other language example Italian?

Thanks to much Cesar82

[KaktoR]

1. Create a folder somewhere
2. Inside this folder copy all your tolls/decompressors that you need + arc.ini
3. Select all files and compress them with freearc
4. Rename the freearc file to "Setup.dll" or whatever your Setup.exe is named

It has to look like this structure

[XxAZAxX]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

1. Create a folder somewhere
2. Inside this folder copy all your tolls/decompressors that you need + arc.ini
3. Select all files and compress them with freearc
4. Rename the freearc file to "Setup.dll" or whatever your Setup.exe is named

It has to look like this structure

Thanks for having answered KaktoR, unfortunately even in this way I could not complete the installation, even if it says complete installation it does not actually install anything ... I will try to rebuild the old versions hoping to return to what worked for me before.

Thanks for the time you have given me, and sorry for the inconvenience. :'(

[KaktoR]

Did you changed the records.ini file properly with your archive name?

[Record1]
Type=FreeArc_Original
Source={src}\YourArchiveName.xyz
Output={app}\
Disk=1

[Cesar82]

Originally Posted by XxAZAxX

Ah here, I've always used only FreeArc with the simple method -m5 ...

I've never used the "DiskSpan_GUI" and I don't know where to put my hands at the moment .. in practice I would like to compress the files of a game (The Godfather) making it become "Data.AZA" is it possible to make it become this way?

ps: it is possible to translate the DiskSpan_GUI? in other language example Italian?

Thanks to much Cesar82

If you use the m5 method you can use it from DiskSpan_GUI to compress your game (see the image below).
You can also just enter "5" in the method Memo.

This way, a Setup.dll file will be generated in the output folder.
So if you always use "-m5", you can use this same DLL (In all next projects) together with Setup.exe and you will no longer need DikskSpan_GUI.
You can choose to disable DiskSpan just by entering the GUI config mode and checking the "UltraARC MODE" checkbox, so CLS-DiskSpan.dll will not be included in Setup.dll.

Edit:
The last 3 methods are not working because after adding quotation marks to the methods they no longer work. I'll fix it in the next version of DiskSpan_GUI.

[XxAZAxX]

Originally Posted by KaktoR

Did you changed the records.ini file properly with your archive name?

[Record1]
Type=FreeArc_Original
Source={src}\YourArchiveName.xyz
Output={app}\
Disk=1

Yes I had already tried to edit here but it didn't work.

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Originally Posted by Cesar82

If you use the m5 method you can use it from DiskSpan_GUI to compress your game (see the image below).
You can also just enter "5" in the method Memo.

This way, a Setup.dll file will be generated in the output folder.
So if you always use "-m5", you can use this same DLL (In all next projects) together with Setup.exe and you will no longer need DikskSpan_GUI.
You can choose to disable DiskSpan just by entering the GUI config mode and checking the "UltraARC MODE" checkbox, so CLS-DiskSpan.dll will not be included in Setup.dll.

Edit:
The last 3 methods are not working because after adding quotation marks to the methods they no longer work. I'll fix it in the next version of DiskSpan_GUI.

I had already removed the "mask" mode and inserted only that of "UltraARC MODE" but the files that I compress do not go anyway, (it is clear that I myself make something wrong and I do not realize it)

So in order not to waste a lot of time, I decided to take all versions and rebuild the old "script + options" and it went well... I stopped at version "7.2.0 update 7" and it works very well without any problem nowhere.

Sorry if it took me so long to answer, I was sorting out the ASIS script updates

[Cesar82]

The ASIS v7.2.2 has an error in the script (Thanks to XxAZAxX)
It is necessary to insert the part highlighted in "Orange" in the script.

procedure DeinitializeUninstall();
begin
  #if VCL == "1"
    if FileExists(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\VclStylesInno.dll')) and FileExists(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\{#VCLName}')) then
      UnLoadVCLStyles();
  #elif Cjstyles == "1"
    if FileExists(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\ISSkin.dll')) and FileExists(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\{#CjstylesName}')) then
    begin
      ShowWindow(0, SW_HIDE);
      UnloadSkin();
    end;
  #endif
end;

[XxAZAxX]

Originally Posted by Cesar82

The ASIS v7.2.2 has an error in the script (Thanks to XxAZAxX)
It is necessary to insert the part highlighted in "Orange" in the script.

procedure DeinitializeUninstall();
begin
  #if VCL == "1"
    if FileExists(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\VclStylesInno.dll')) and FileExists(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\{#VCLName}')) then
      UnLoadVCLStyles();
  #elif Cjstyles == "1"
    if FileExists(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\ISSkin.dll')) and FileExists(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\{#CjstylesName}')) then
    begin
      ShowWindow(0, SW_HIDE);
      UnloadSkin();
    end;
  #endif
end;

Thanks go to you Cesar82, I just "found" the problem, but you solved it for me! so thank you very much bro.

[AWildPotato]

I got the 7.1.7 Update, and I'm getting an error when running Compile_Script.bat:

Line 1408:
Column 20:
Syntax Error.

Any way to fix this?

[Masquerade]

Originally Posted by AWildPotato

I got the 7.1.7 Update, and I'm getting an error when running Compile_Script.bat:

Line 1408:
Column 20:
Syntax Error.

Any way to fix this?

Install inno setup, open the script and press CTRL+F9. Then you see the error line when it compiles.

[KaktoR]

Here is the latest version. Have not worked on it for a while and probably never will work again on it.

[LordxKinG]

Hi, is Possible ASIS Installer add video at background Installing? thanks