* [Setup] section directives VersionInfoProductVersion now sets the binary product version value instead of the textual product version value. * Added new [Setup] section directive: VersionInfoProductTextVersion, which sets the textual product version value. Its default value is VersionInfoProductVersion if set, else VersionInfoVersion. * [Setup] section directives DisableDirPage and DisableProgramGroupPage can now be set to auto. If they are, at startup Setup will look in the registry to see if the same application is already installed, and if so, it will hide the pages automatically. * Pascal Scripting changes: o WizardForm.PrevAppDir is now available and returns the directory of the previous installation. Returns an empty string if there's no previous installation or if UsePreviousAppDir is set to no or if Uninstallable was previously set to no. o While running any PrepareToInstall event function Setup now displays the Preparing to Install wizard page instead of the Ready to Install page and disables itself. * Added the Windows 7 "compatibility" section to the various manifest resources used by Inno Setup. * Documentation improvements.
- On Windows 7 the Compiler IDE now displays a progress indicator on its taskbar button. - Pascal Scripting: Documented function IDispatchInvoke, which can be used to access a COM Automation property or method whose name is a reserved word. - Unicode Inno Setup fixes: - [Registry] section entries with ValueType set to binary did not set the correct value. - Pascal scripting: setting a COM Automation property or method parameter to a Unicode string variable caused an 'Invalid Type' error.
* Windows 7 change:
o Added new [Setup] section directive: UninstallDisplaySize. On Windows 7 and newer, Setup uses this directive to set the EstimatedSize value in the Uninstall registry key when possible since the Windows 7 Add/Remove Programs Control Panel (called Program and Features) no longer automatically calculates it. If an UninstallDisplaySize is not set, Setup estimates the size itself by taking the size of all files installed and adding any ExtraDiskSpaceRequired values set. Note: Windows 7 only supports the display of values smaller than 4 GB.
* Pascal Scripting now supports IUnknown based COM. Previously it only supported IDispatch based COM but a growing number of Windows API functions are COM based without implementing the IDispatch interface, and you can now use these as well. See the new CodeAutomation2.iss example script for an example. Note: this is only supported by Unicode Inno Setup at the moment, because of Delphi 2's limitations (Delphi 2 is used to compile Non Unicode Inno Setup):
o Added StringToGUID, CreateComObject, and OleCheck support functions.
o Added HResult, TGUID, TCLSID, and TIID support types.
* The compiler no longer allows a single LanguageCodePage directive to be applied to multiple languages at once. If you were using this to force Non Unicode Setup to allow the user to select any language regardless of the system code page, set [Setup] section directive ShowUndisplayableLanguages to yes instead.
* Added new CodePrepareToInstall.iss example script.
* Fix: Unicode Pascal scripting: passing a very long string to Format caused an error.
* Minor tweaks.
Changelog for v5.3.7 / 2010-01-06
* The PrivilegesRequired [Setup] section directive can now be set to lowest. On Windows Vista and later this instructs Setup to not request elevated rights (via a User Account Control dialog) even if it was started by a member of the Administrators group. Do not use this setting unless you are sure your installation will run successfully on unprivileged accounts. On Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, lowest behaves the same as none.
* Added new Compiler IDE option: Autosave before compiling.
* [Tasks] section flags checkedonce and unchecked may now be combined. This combination specifies the task to be unchecked by default on the first install, and always unchecked by default on subsequent installs as well.
* A problem with "Not Implemented" errors when Setup or Uninstall was run on Windows 7 under special conditions such as from a non-interactive service was fixed.
* Changed the CodePrepareToInstall.iss example script to use the RunOnce registry key instead of a shortcut placed in {commonstartup}.
* Pascal Scripting: the Non Unicode compiler now has a PAnsiChar type just like the Unicode compiler.
* Added official Japanese translation.
* Unicode based on RemObjects Pascal Script SVN code revision 197.
* Minor tweaks.
