H2Reg & Inno Installer

Thanks Thomas Kux who sent in this H2Reg INNO Installer script used by wxwindows.

Inno does not know the VS .NET language or version so Thomas installs to multiple targets of: - VS .NET 7.0, VS .NET 7.1, English (1033) and German (1031) languages (clever :-). Thomas also uses {reg:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1,InstallDir|}HTML\XMLLinks\1033
which is the recommended method of finding the VS .NET Environment Dir and Link group path.
See also "Q. How do I find the Path to the VS .NET Folders?" here.

INNO Install Script

The highlighted sections show H2Reg registration/unregistration.

Discussion:

Line 44: During Install run H2Reg.exe -r cmdfile={app}\H2Reg_cmd.ini (this registers all H2 files).
Line 46: Optionally run DExplore.exe /helpcol ms-help://wxWindows at the end of install to show the VS Help window.
Note: {cf} = path of the system's Common Files directory, typically "C:\Program Files\Common Files".
Line 50: During Uninstall run H2Reg.exe -u cmdfile={app}\H2Reg_cmd.ini (this runs H2reg unregister script).
Lines 58+: H2Reg.exe/.ini files installed with Help files to {app} folder (install folder).
Lines 072-076: Install the XML LingGroup file.

001 ; H2Reg Setup Script used by the INNO Free Setup Program

002 ; INNO Web Site - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.htm

003

004 [Setup]

005 ; Install Text seen everywhere

006 AppName=wxWindows Help

007 AppVerName=wxWindows Help 2.4.1

008 AppVersion=2.4.1

009

010 DefaultDirName={%WXDIR}\docs\h2help

011 DefaultGroupName=wxWindows

013 DisableFinishedPage=no

014 DisableStartupPrompt=yes

015 AllowNoIcons=yes

016 ; EnableDirDoesntExistWarning=yes

017

018 ; Seen on Add/Remove and Uninstall dialog

019 UninstallDisplayName=wxWindows Help by http://www.wxwindows.org

020 AppPublisher=The wxWindows Team

021 AppPublisherURL=http://www.wxwindows.org

022 AppUpdatesURL=http://www.wxwindows.org

023

024 ; Text not seen

025 AppId=wxWindowsHelp

026

027 ; Warming: mutex name is case sensitive

028 AppMutex=wxWindowsHelpMutex

029

030 Compression=zip/9

031 OutputBaseFilename=wxWindowsHelp

032 AdminPrivilegesRequired=yes

033 LicenseFile=licence.txt

034 CreateUninstallRegKey=yes

035 UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\wxwin.ico

036

037 BackColorDirection=toptobottom

038 BackColor=clBlue

039 BackColor2=clBlack

040 WindowVisible=no

041

042 ; Run H2Reg.exe -r with Script file to Register all H2 Documentation

043 [Run]

044 Filename: "{app}\H2Reg.exe"; Description: "Registering wxWindows Documentation"; Parameters: "-r cmdfile={app}\H2Reg_Cmd.ini"; Flags: skipifsilent; StatusMsg: "Registering Help Files"

045 Filename: "{app}\readme.txt"; Description: "Displaying Readme.txt"; Tasks: showreadme

046 Filename: "{cf}\Microsoft Shared\Help\dexplore.exe"; Parameters: "/helpcol ms-help://wxWindows"; Tasks: showhelp; Description: "Displaying wxWindows 2.4.1 Help";

047

048 ; Run H2Reg.exe -u with Script file to Unregister all H2 Documentation

049 [UninstallRun]

050 Filename: "{app}\H2Reg.exe"; Parameters: "-u cmdfile={app}\H2Reg_Cmd.ini"

051

052 ; Get rid of the H2Reg log file if it exists

053 [UninstallDelete]

054 Type: files; Name: "{app}\H2Reg_Log.txt"

055 Type: dirifempty; Name: "{app}"

056

057 [Files]

058 Source: "H2Reg.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

059 Source: "H2Reg.ini"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

060 Source: "readme.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

061 Source: "licence.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

062 Source: "wxMaster.HxA"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

063 Source: "wxMaster.HxC"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

064 Source: "wxMaster.HxT"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

065 Source: "wxMaster_A.HxK"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

066 Source: "wxMaster_F.HxK"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

067 Source: "wxMaster_K.HxK"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

068 Source: "wxMasterNamedURL.HxK"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

069 Source: "wxWindows.HxS"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

070 Source: "H2Reg_cmd.ini"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

071 Source: "wxWindows.xml"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion;

072 Source: "wxWindows.xml"; DestDir: "{reg:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1,InstallDir|}HTML\XMLLinks\1033"; Flags: ignoreversion;

073 Source: "wxWindows.xml"; DestDir: "{reg:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1,InstallDir|}HTML\XMLLinks\1031"; Flags: ignoreversion;

074 Source: "wxWindows.xml"; DestDir: "{reg:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.0,InstallDir|}HTML\XMLLinks\1033"; Flags: ignoreversion;

075 Source: "wxWindows.xml"; DestDir: "{reg:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.0,InstallDir|}HTML\XMLLinks\1031"; Flags: ignoreversion;

076 Source: "wxwin.ico"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion

077

078 [Icons]

079 Name: "{group}\wxWindows HTML 2 Help"; Filename: "{cf}\Microsoft Shared\Help\dexplore.exe"; Parameters: "/helpcol ms-help://wxWindows"; WorkingDir: "{app}"; IconFileName: "{app}\wxwin.ico"

080

081 [Tasks]

082 Name: showreadme; Description: "Display Readme.txt"; Flags: unchecked

083 Name: showhelp; Description: "Display wxWindows 2.4.1 Help"; Flags: unchecked

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