Setup Builder

Settings for managing the creation of installation.

Close Automatically of Completion

Checked => The window of setup builder is closed automatically after the installation is created successfully.

Launch Setup on Close

Checked => The installation run when the window of setup builder is closed.

Run Before Making Setup

You can specify an application which will be run before making your setup.

Run After Making Setup

You can specify an application which will be run after making your setup.

Digital Code Signing

CreateInstall can sign the installation and uninstaller with a digital signature if you have it. You can buy it on Verisign, Comodo and other sites.

Application (.exe or .bat) for Code Signing

Specify signtool.exe application or .bat file that call it here.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\Bin\signtool.exe

Parameters for Signing of Installation File

Specify the command line parameters for signtool.exe application or bat file. If it is empty then your installation file won't be signed. Use <exefilename>, it will be replaced with the real filename of setup.exe file to be signed.

sign /a /f R:\sertificate\my.pfx /d "MyApp" /p mypsw /t http://timestamp.comodoca.com/authenticode  "<exefilename>"

Parameters for Signing of Uninstaller File

Specify the command line parameters for signtool.exe application or bat file. If it is empty then your uninstaller file won't be signed. Use <exefilename>, it will be replaced with the real filename of uninstall.exe file to be signed.

sign /a /f R:\sertificate\my.pfx /d "MyApp Uninstaller" /p mypsw /t http://timestamp.comodoca.com/authenticode  "<exefilename>"

Parameters for Signing of Updater File

Specify the command line parameters for signtool.exe application or bat file. If it is empty then your updater file won't be signed. Use <exefilename>, it will be replaced with the real filename of update.exe file to be signed.

sign /a /f R:\sertificate\my.pfx /d "MyApp Updater" /p mypsw /t http://timestamp.comodoca.com/authenticode  "<exefilename>"

You can move signtool.exe and common command line parameters into .bat file. In this case, it is enough to specify "<exefilename>" in Parameters fields.

Autorun File

These settings allows you to create autorun file autorun.inf. It run programs automatically on CD\DVD and flash-drives.

Create Autorun File (autorun.inf)

Checked => The autorun file is created in the same folder as the setup file.

Custom Icon

You can specify any icon. It will be copied in the output folder if it doesn't exist there.

Multi Build

Here you can specify different sets of the global variables for making different installations from the one project. See How to create some setups from one project and Multi Build for more details.