New tool - Graphical Installer (installers wih custom design)

[T.Slappy]

Hello.

In this thread I would like to inform about my tool called Graphical Installer for NSIS.

It is professional extension for NSIS which allows to change the design of whole installer. I also allows to create installers with irregular windows (parts of window can be fully transparent). Key features:

• Fully customizable graphical interface - It is possible to change design of whole installer: Background picture, icons, buttons, progress bars, colors and more! See the list:
• Custom picture for installer background - Supports many formats (.jpg, .bmp. .gif, .png, .tif, ...)
• Custom icons - Installer, Uninstaller, ...
• Custom picture for buttons - Next, Back, Cancel, Browse, custom created, ...
• Custom picture for scroll-bars - License page, Readme page, ...
• Custom color for texts - Headers, labels, links, static texts, ...
• Custom color for button texts in various situations - For normal, focused, pressed and disabled state
• Custom color for installation progress bar - Foreground and background
• Creating installers with irregular windows - Part of window can be fully transparent - you are no more tied to rectangular shape!
• Easy to be integrated into existing scripts - All you need is to add references to installer's script, no hard-coding is necessary!
• Templates and examples for instant start - We provide many templates and examples, so your installer can be finished in few minutes!
• Graphical Installer Wizard for creating new and converting existing scripts - Plug-in for many IDES (HM NIS Edit, Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, Inno Script Studio, Embarcadero RAD Studio) and standalone application for fast creating scripts with custom design.
• Full compatibility with other plug-ins and functions - This product use the same core as traditional installers - so there is no difference in writing scripts!
• Custom dialogs and interfaces - Thanks to its nature it is easy to add custom wizard pages and controls to them (text boxes, check boxes, labels, ...).
• Support for multiple languages (also Unicode languages) - Fully multilingual support (including RTL languages) in one installer.
• Simple switching between 'skinned' and 'classic' design of installer - Modify only single line of script to completely change the design of your installer from regular to custom design!

Picture of realized installer:



Visit official website http://graphical-installer.com for more info and download free Trial version.

This thread is not a help thread (please contact us for support) - I will post updates and changes here.

P.S.: This tool started several years ago and it is quite popular. The very beginnings are in this thread: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=251710

[T.Slappy]

Version 4.6.01 (Sonka)

Graphical Installer for NSIS - v4.6.01 (Sonka) Changelog:

Major changes:

• Support for latest NSIS 3 release (3.02 and 3.02.1)
• Changed all NSIS icons to NSIS 3 style everywhere
• also on the website and in the manual.
• MessageBox Designer now shows new line characters ($\r $\n %n #13#10) correctly in Preview dialog
• Improved behaviour in enviroments with various high DPI settings
• New symbol: VISUAL_UI_NOFRAME which hides window frame (Visual_UI feature - see example)
• Graphical Installer Wizard v1.10.01:
• - Fixed bugs
• - Supported latest Eclipse versions {4.7 (Oxygen)}
• - Full support for 4 IDEs (Visual Studio/Visual & Installer, RAD Studio/RAD & Installer, HN NIS Edit, Eclipse) + Standalone application
• Updated tools (BitmapCutter + GUI)
• Various improvements and fixes

Minor changes:

• Reworked manual (License, EULA)
• Updated copyright year

See enclosed documents (Readme and Changelog) for more details.

Do not hesitate and visit the official website http://www.graphical-installer.com where you can download latest Trial version for FREE!

P.S.: I created this thread today (I forgot to create it earlier) because today we have released new version. I will start with changes since today (that would be huuuuge list if I had to write all changes during 10 years of development , you can find whole changelog at official website.

[T.Slappy]

Oh, I forget to mention:

All NSIS users registered on this forum have -20% discount on Graphical Installer (Commercial license).

Simply use NEW-GRAPHICAL-INSTALLER promo code on purchase page (links are below).

This is our thanks to this amazing community!

[T.Slappy]

Version 4.7.01 (Tinka)

Hello.
We updated our product Graphical Installer for NSIS to version 4.7.01 (Tinka) to support changes in latest NSIS release (3.03).

The new version adds new tool: SetupProjects Converter which is Windows application with user friendly GUI that converts Microsoft Visual Studio Setup and Deploy projects (.vdproj), InstallShield Limited Edition projects (.isl) and Advanced Installer Projects (.aip) into NSIS (.nsi) and Inno Setup scripts (.iss).



Major changes:

• Support for latest NSIS 3 release (3.03)
• Supported new NSD_ controls/functions
• New tool: SetupProjects Converter
• Graphical Installer Wizard v1.11.01:
• Fixed bugs when generating new scripts
• Supported latest Eclipse versions (up to 4.8, Photon)
• Updated tools (BitmapCutter + GUI, v1.11.01)
• Various improvements and fixes

Minor changes:

• Updated manual (section SetupProjects Converter)
• Fixed wrong links

Do not hesitate and visit the official page where you can download Trial version for free!

[T.Slappy]

Version 4.8.01 (Ulinka)

Hello.
We updated our product Graphical Installer for NSIS to version 4.8.01 (Ulinka) to support changes in latest NSIS release (3.04).

Do not hesitate and visit the official page where you can download Trial version for free!

Major changes:

• Support for latest NSIS 3 release (3.04)
• New feature: Moving installer (frameless) window with mouse (click anywhere and move the window)
• New feature: Drag & Drop installation page with advanced security
  Prevents bots from installing the software (human interaction is required to continue the installation, similar to macOS .dmg installer)
• 10 new buttons (Modern style)
• Examples can be opened directly from Help (clickable links)
• Added French language
  
• Graphical Installer Wizard v1.12.01 (Updated texts, Support for new Eclipse versions (up to 4.10))
  
• Updated tools (BitmapCutter + GUI, v1.12.01)
• Various improvements and fixes

Minor changes and fixes:

• Updated manual (new section for Drag & Drop)
• Fixed wrong links

[Anders]

Can't a bot just run the installer in silent mode?

[T.Slappy]

Version 4.9.01 (Vilka)

Hello.

We updated our product Graphical Installer for NSIS to version 4.9.01 (Vilka) to support changes in latest NSIS release (3.05).

Major changes:

• Support for latest NSIS 3 release, 3.05 (see changes) Important note: ANSI targets are deprecated, consider moving to Unicode!
• Setup Dialogs (Installer and Uninstaller Pages) generated with Install Designer icon Install Designer (NEW!) work out of the box with Graphical Installer
• New Example: Install Designer
• All examples now use 'RequestExecutionLevel user' and 'InstallDir "$LOCALAPPDATA\..."'
• Graphical Installer Wizard v1.14.01:
• Typing color manually into box (any GIW color - buttons, texts, ...) now immediately colorizes the associated shape with entered color
• United naming and versions - BitmapCutter version now matches the GIW version
• Note: version 1.13.01 was skipped as 13 is considered an unlucky number in Slovakia
• Generating scripts with 'RequestExecutionLevel user'
• More strict Trial restrictions (GIW closes if Trial is expired)
• Fixes and optimizations in GIW script generator
• Fixed bug: not showing HTML help after pressing F1 key
• Configuration: Drag & Dropping the makensis.exe detects Graphical Installer and sets correct paths automatically
• Configuration: Open dialog now browses into NSIS installation folder automatically
• Support for new Eclipse versions (up to 4.14)
• Added warning 'You need an Administrator right to write into specific folders (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\).'
• Updated tools (BitmapCutter + GUI - Version V, 1.14.01)
• Various improvements and fixes
• Updated manual
• Fixed wrong links

Do not hesitate and visit the official page where you can download Trial version for free!

[T.Slappy]

Version 4.10.01 (Webka)

Hello.

We updated our product Graphical Installer for NSIS to version 4.10.01 (Webka) to support changes in latest NSIS release (3.06 and 3.06.1).

Major changes:

• Support for latest NSIS 3 releases, 3.06 and 3.06.1 (see changes)
• Security fixes and improvements
• Graphical Installer Wizard v1.15.01:
• Added possibility to cancel the Open file dialog when converting the existing .nsi file
• Support for recently released RAD & Installer - 10.4 Sydney
• (Binary compatible with previous version)
• Support for new Eclipse versions (up to 4.16)
• United, simplified & updated changelog, manual, website

Do not hesitate and visit the official page where you can download Trial version for free!

[T.Slappy]

v4.11.01 (Xolka)

Hello.

We updated our product Graphical Installer for NSIS to version v4.11.01 (Xolka) to support changes in latest NSIS release (3.07).

Major changes:

• Support for latest NSIS 3 release, 3.07 (see changes)
• BitmapCutterGUI has been completely refreshed - new design and features
• BitmapCutterGUI now allows pasting image directly from Clipboard (Ctrl + V):
• It supports image data (like picture from MS Paint, Gimp, Photoshop or similar editor) and Base64 data (e.g. from www.base64-image.de)
• BitmapCutterGUI now allows to save the resulting file to disk (if image data was pasted from Clipboard)
• Graphical Installer Wizard v1.16.01:
• Improved script generating in newest NSIS versions
• How to create background image for NSIS (Inno Setup)? articles from online Tutorial were added to offline Manual
• Added more details into BitmapCutterGUI section in offline Manual

Do not hesitate and visit the official page where you can download Trial version for free!

[T.Slappy]

Version 2022.2

Hello.

I forgot to update this thread, sorry for this We updated our product Graphical Installer for NSIS to version 2022.1 and 2022.2.


This release contains the largest changes in probably last few years:




Build: 2022.1
Released on 14th January 2022

• Changes are applied automatically after recompiling the script with this new Build. There is no need to upgrade the scripts or do any manual changes.
• We added an options to set everything to the previous behavior.
• Changed naming convention: instead of "Version" the term "Build" is used (YYYY is Year of release and .N is Build sequence number)
• Graphical Installer for NSIS is now completely independent on NSIS version (works with any NSIS 2 or NSIS 3)
  
• Installers now distinguish between "focused" and "mouse over" control states (both can be active at the same time)
• In earlier versions of Graphical Installer the "focused" state was applied when user pressed the Tab key to select some control (then the control could be activated using Enter key or Space).
• Now the state is applied when mouse is moved over the Button controls and we added new feature to signalize "focused" state of control
• Old "focused" behaviour can be still activated disabling the ${GraphicalInstallerEnableButtonsHighlight} macro
• Changed default behavior: Button controls now react to mouse over (previously on focus)
• New macro that enables/disables drawing of focus rectangles (applies to Button, CheckBox, RadioButton controls).
• Changed default behavior: Moving installer window with mouse is now enabled by default.
• Setup of Graphical Installer for NSIS itself uses new features (moving mouse over buttons, enabled dragging) and has new refreshed look.
  
• Graphical Installer Wizard v1.17.01:
• Improved script generating in newest NSIS versions
• Whole manual is more user friendly - new tips, troubleshooting sections and more
• Reworked examples with support of latest NSIS features
• Added more details to offline and online documentation
• Wizard is now faster and more straightforward (requires less steps/clicks)
• Correct converting the .nsi script with Unicode true defined (Error: Can't change target architecture after data already got compressed or header already changed! + Error: Unable to set target charset (adequate stub not found?)
• App Updater: correct handling of cached files when checking for new version, showing user friendly error message(s)
• Drag & Drop the files into Wizard boxes may cause AV Exceptions in some rare cases. Sorry for these inconveniences

Build: 2022.2
Released on 16th September 2022

• Official support for Windows 11 (also ARM)
• Official support for electron-builder scripts (editing any electron-builder .nsi or .nsh scripts)
• Installer now supports multiple processor architectures (x86, x64, arm64, ia64) - useful when running Windows on ARM
  
• Graphical Installer Wizard v1.18.01:
• Warning message 'You need an Administrator rights to write into specific folders' is shown correctly
• Plugin is correctly registered in HM NIS Edit (previously the menu item was missing)
• Fixed displaying plugin name in HM NIS Edit (previously only 'G' was shown)
• Fixed issues with Unicode/ANSI build
• Fixed issues with opening script(s) in Explorer/Notepad/Default editor