For those interested in using InnoSetup to build Windows executables, I found
the following ant task to work well with the .iss script I have. In my process
I run “Build Installers” first, then call this task manually. I purposely unzip
the output so that I can include just the 64 bit .exe file. I sign the
installer, uninstaller and the target .exe file. Seems to work well on Windows
10 such as add/remove programs, file associations, icons, elevating permissions
in Active Directory environments, etc. Perhaps this will help someone else.
<target name="create-windows-setup" depends=" suite.build-launchers">
<!-- build installers first -->
<echo message="Replacing configuration file of Windows launcher
executable."/>
<copy file="${basedir}/app.conf"
tofile="${basedir}/build/launcher/etc/${app.name}.conf" failonerror="true"
overwrite="true"/>
<echo message="Creating App Setup.exe" />
<unzip src="${basedir}/dist/app.zip" dest="${basedir}/dist/app"/>
<exec executable="C:\Program Files (x86)\Inno Setup 5\ISCC.exe">
<arg value="D:\Steve\Documents\NetBeansProjects\App\innosetup.iss" />
<!-- Pass in version number as exe file doesn't have a fileversion in
it for the script to extract with one of their functions -->
<arg value="/DproductVersion= ${app.version}" />
<!-- need to define the signtool exactly like in script file as it is
not available to command line tool. Diferent registry entries -->
<arg value="/Scodesigner=$qC:\apps\signing\signtool.exe$q sign $p" />
</exec>
</target>
A little long, but here is my complete Innosetup script:
; Script generated by the Inno Setup Script Wizard.
; SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS ON CREATING INNO SETUP SCRIPT FILES!
[ISPP]
#define AppURL "http://www.app.ca/";
#define appname "My App"
#define appnamelowercase "app"
#define appcopyrightprefix "Copyright (C) 2018"
#define apppublisher "My Company"
#define appprojectfile appname + " Project File"
#define appsourcedir "D:\Steve\Documents\NetBeansProjects\app\dist\app\app"
#define licensefile
"D:\Steve\Documents\NetBeansProjects\app\ConfigurationModule\src\com\company\branding\license.txt"
#define iconfile
"D:\Steve\Documents\NetBeansProjects\app\ProjectEditormodule\src\com\company\icons\MyIcon.ico"
#define SrcApp appnamelowercase + "64.exe"
#define AppExeSourcePath appsourcedir + "\bin\" + SrcApp
;default for local compiling. Otherwise productVersion is passed in with /D
switch on command line or ant script
#define appversion "6.72.67"
#ifdef productVersion
#define appversion productVersion
#endif
#pragma warning "Variable appversion value is: " + appversion
; SignTool parameters
#define SignedDesc "$q" + "$appname" + "$q"
#define SignedPfx "C:\apps\signing\MyPrivateKey.pfx"
#define SignedTimeStamp "http://timestamp.comodoca.com?td=sha256";
#define SignedPw "password"
[Setup]
; NOTE: The value of AppId uniquely identifies this application.
; Do not use the same AppId value in installers for other applications.
; (To generate a new GUID, click Tools | Generate GUID inside the IDE.)
AppId={{your ID, generated automatically}
AppName={#appname}
AppVersion={#apppublisher}
AppVerName={#appname} {#appversion}
AppCopyright={#appcopyrightprefix} {#apppublisher}
AppPublisher={#apppublisher}
AppPublisherURL={#AppURL}
AppSupportURL={#AppURL}
AppUpdatesURL={#AppURL}
AppReadmeFile={#AppURL}
UninstallDisplayName={#appname} {#appversion}
UninstallDisplayIcon={#iconfile}
VersionInfoVersion={#appversion}
DefaultDirName={pf}\{#appname}
DisableProgramGroupPage=yes
LicenseFile= {#licensefile}
OutputBaseFilename={#appname} Setup
SetupIconFile={#iconfile}
Compression=lzma
SolidCompression=yes
; "ArchitecturesAllowed=x64" specifies that Setup cannot run on
; anything but x64.
ArchitecturesAllowed=x64
; "ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64" requests that the install be
; done in "64-bit mode" on x64, meaning it should use the native
; 64-bit Program Files directory and the 64-bit view of the registry.
ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64
PrivilegesRequired=admin
AllowNetworkDrive=no
AllowUNCPath=no
AppContact=supp...@company.com
ChangesAssociations=yes
ChangesEnvironment=yes
CloseApplications=yes
SignTool=codesigner /f {#SignedPfx} /p {#SignedPw} /tr {#SignedTimeStamp} /td
sha256 /fd sha256 /v $f
SignedUninstaller=yes
[Languages]
Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"
Name: "french"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Languages\French.isl"
[Messages]
FinishedLabel=Setup has finished installing [name] on your computer. If this is
a re-installation of [name], it is strongly advised that you manually delete
the /AppData/Roaming/.app directory for the User(s) on this computer; prior to
launching [name].
[Tasks]
Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; GroupDescription:
"{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked
[Files]
Source: "{#appsourcedir}\bin\{#SrcApp}"; DestDir: "{app}\bin"; Flags:
ignoreversion sign
Source: "{#appsourcedir}\etc\*"; DestDir: "{app}\etc"; Flags: ignoreversion
recursesubdirs createallsubdirs
Source: "{#appsourcedir}\ide\*"; DestDir: "{app}\ide"; Flags: ignoreversion
recursesubdirs createallsubdirs
Source: "{#appsourcedir}\nb\*"; DestDir: "{app}\nb"; Flags: ignoreversion
recursesubdirs createallsubdirs
Source: "{#appsourcedir}\platform\*"; DestDir: "{app}\platform"; Flags:
ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs
Source: "{#appsourcedir}\{#appnamelowercase}\*"; DestDir:
"{app}\{#appnamelowercase}"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs
createallsubdirs
Source: "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_181\*"; DestDir: "{app}\jre\"; Flags:
ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs
; NOTE: Don't use "Flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files
[Icons]
Name: "{commonprograms}\{#appname}"; Filename: "{app}\bin\{#SrcApp}"
Name: "{commondesktop}\{#appname}"; Filename: "{app}\bin\{#SrcApp}"; Tasks:
desktopicon
[Registry]
Root: HKCR; SubKey: ".{#appnamelowercase}"; ValueType: string; ValueData:
"{#appprojectfile}"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
Root: HKCR; SubKey: "{#appprojectfile}"; ValueType: string; ValueData:
"{#appprojectfile}"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
Root: HKCR; SubKey: "{#appprojectfile}\Shell\Open\Command"; ValueType: string;
ValueData: """{app}\bin\{#SrcApp}"" ""%1"""; Flags: uninsdeletekey
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "{#appprojectfile}\DefaultIcon"; ValueType: string;
ValueData: "{app}\bin\{#SrcApp},0"; Flags: uninsdeletevalue
Regards,
Stephen Cumminger
From: Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 9:27 AM
To: stephen cumminger <stephen.cummin...@sonideft.com>;
users@netbeans.apache.org
Subject: Re: Installer bug?
On Sat, 28 Jul 2018, 12:27 stephen cumminger,
<stephen.cummin...@sonideft.com<mailto:stephen.cummin...@sonideft.com>> wrote:
Thanks for the idea Neil. I used InnoSetup years ago and it always worked well
for me. I use Ant to build everything. I assume you would just build a zip
distribution and then manually run InnoSetup? I did create a self extracting
JRE bundle, but I can probably just use the zip'd version of that now in the
setup. Any pointers would be helpful. Thanks.
Currently I'm doing it manually from the zip distribution after adding a jdk
subfolder with OpenJDK in it, and updating the conf jdkhome to point there (no
additional setup / extraction required). But I'm planning to add it all into
ant at some point soon now it's working. InnoSetup has a CLI interface that can
be called from ant - eg.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21314199/ant-exec-task-with-wineprefix
Obviously wine is required on Linux and macOS, but it can be called directly on
Windows. Have even seen a recipe for doing it on Travis.
Best wishes,
Neil
