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CreateInstall Free Changelog

What's new in CreateInstall Free 8.10.0

May 22, 2022
  • Added the "Set DPIAware" checkbox to Project - Dialog Settings.
  • Added parameter Serialpsw to dialog Dialog - User and reg. key.
  • Added Windows 11 detection.

New in CreateInstall Free 8.9.0 (Sep 25, 2021)

  • Added:
  • Added the ability to specify your own manifest files for installation, uninstallation and update.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 8.8.0 (Feb 5, 2021)

  • Added:
  • Added the Check VC++ Redistributable command.
  • Improved:
  • Improved some commands.

New in CreateInstall Free 8.6.2 (Mar 7, 2020)

  • Added:
  • Licread parameter to the Dialog - License command.
  • Improved:
  • Improved some commands.

New in CreateInstall Free 8.5.1 (Nov 9, 2019)

  • Added:
  • Added Comment field for list items.
  • Added the INI File - Format command (CI Full).
  • Added the Send Keystroke command (CI Full).
  • Improved:
  • Improved over 20 commands.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 8.4.2 (Aug 7, 2018)

  • Added:
  • Added the Get letter of drives command (CI Full).
  • Added the Get drive space command (CI Full).
  • Added the Catch Exit command (CI Full).
  • Improved:
  • Improved language files.
  • Added #osreleaseid# (Windows 10 release ID) to the predefined variables.
  • Added #osupbuildrev# (Windows 10 Update Build Revision) to the predefined variables.
  • The "Dialog - Setup Path", free spaces text will red color if there is not enough free disk space or the path is invalid.
  • Fixed:
  • When the dialog window or controls in the dialog window are resized in percent.
  • The remaining download time is incorrect or inaccurate if the download is paused at the beginning.
  • The method size2str, sometimes returns an inaccurate value, after the decimal point.

New in CreateInstall Free 8.3.9 (Jul 19, 2018)

  • Added:
  • Added replacing environemnt variables %NAME% in values of global variables $name$.
  • Improved:
  • Improved about 20 commands.
  • Added support of Unicode in commands - read/write variable to file.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 8.2.0 (Feb 5, 2018)

  • Added:
  • Updated French and Chinese languages.
  • Improved:
  • Added Lictext and Readtext parameters in Dialog - License and Dialog - Readme commands.
  • Added result variable result7z in Decompress 7z command.
  • Added 'Delete only empty subkey' checkbox in Registry - Delete command.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 8.0.0 (Mar 20, 2017)

  • Added:
  • Now CreateInstall can compress files over 4GB.
  • Improved:
  • Update the decompressor of 7z files to the latest version.
  • Added Result variable to the Download Files command.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.8.0 (Mar 12, 2017)

  • Added:
  • The command Copy Files List (Light version) has been added.
  • Improved:
  • Improved Check, Replace within files, Replace text, Modify variable commands.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.7.2 (Dec 21, 2016)

  • Added:
  • 'Allow multiple instances' checkbox in Install Script.
  • Improved:
  • Message and Dialog - Settings commands.
  • Added options Pdownloads and Pspeed for displaying download speed in Dialog - Progress.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.6.0 (Dec 21, 2016)

  • Added:
  • Command Timeout has been added (full version).
  • Improved:
  • Added If Condition in Create service.
  • Added Additional parameters in Register C# and VB.NET DLL.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.5.0 (Dec 21, 2016)

  • Added:
  • Command Dialog - Slideshow has been added (full version).
  • Improved:
  • Added UTF-8 encoding checkbox in HTTP GET/POST Request, Insert text into file, Delete lines from file, INI file – Insert text, INI File - Delete.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.4.0 (Mar 7, 2016)

  • Added:
  • The Command-Line Parameters command (CI Light and Full).
  • Improved:
  • Added the support of the https protocol in the Download Files and HTTP GET/POST request commands.
  • Added If File Exists field in the Download Files command.
  • Added If Statement field in the Shortcut - Create command.
  • Fixed:
  • Some little bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.3.0 (Feb 6, 2016)

  • Improved:
  • Now you can specify images for items in Dialog - Tree command.
  • Added a detection feature of Windows Product type in System Information command.
  • There are a lot of improvements in approximately 15 commands.
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.2.0 (Nov 27, 2015)

  • Added:
  • Command Sleep.
  • Command Register .NET DLL.
  • Improved:
  • Command Modify Variable. Added the noutf options in Calculate Hash.
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.1.7 (Nov 27, 2015)

  • Added:
  • Added the $ver$ variable for Output Folder and Executable Filename fields.
  • Added predefined variables osspmajor and osspminor for getting Service Pack version.
  • Improved:
  • Added the 'UTF-8 encoding' checkbox in Embedded Files, Write variable to file, Read variable from file.
  • Added 'If Condition' in Check and Check Requirements commands.
  • Added the detection of Office 16 in the Get Application Information command.
  • Fixed:
  • The bug of registering fonts on Windows 10.
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.1.0 (Aug 25, 2015)

  • Added:
  • Search in the commands of the scripts.
  • Command Notice
  • Windows 10 detection.
  • Improved:
  • Improved over 10 commands.
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 7.0.14 (Apr 27, 2015)

  • Improved:
  • Working with VERSION_INFO structure.
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 6.3.0 (Jun 26, 2014)

  • Added Update Script tab. Now you can create your own script for the update program
  • It is possible to change the font size of CreateInstall in Tools - Preferences
  • Added new features in 4 commands

New in CreateInstall Free 6.1.0 (Oct 13, 2013)

  • Added:
  • CreateInstall Setup Extractor (all versions).
  • The capability of compressing the created installation into a .zip file has been added (all versions).
  • The global variable $prjname$ - the name of the project file.
  • Improved:
  • Command Message. Added If Condition.
  • Command Get application information (Java Runtime Environment).
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 6.0.0 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • Added:
  • Quick CreateInstall application which has a simple interface and allows you to create installations quickly (All version).
  • Improved:
  • Command Copy Files. Added the 'Show error message if files have not been found' checkbox.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.19.1 (Jun 10, 2013)

  • Added:
  • Predefined variable originaluser. The name of the user, who launched the installation. If the user doesn't have administrator rights, this name is different from "username".
  • Improved:
  • Command Get Application Information. MS Access was added.
  • All Registry commands. If HKEY_CURRENT_USER is specified then HKEY_CURRENT_USER of original user is used.
  • New features for the command Global Environment - Set Value.
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.18.0 (May 17, 2013)

  • Improved:
  • Command Check Requirements
  • Command Dialog - Settings.
  • New features for local variables.
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.17.1 (Feb 26, 2013)

  • Command Create Scheduled Task (Full version) has been added.
  • Command Delete Scheduled Task (Full version) has been added.
  • Command Share & Permissions (Full version) has been added.
  • Command Decompress ZIP file (Full & Light version) has been added.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.16.0 (Jan 2, 2013)

  • Added:
  • View of project settings and commands as an HTML file. You can view project settings and commands in a browser and print them.
  • Menu item Examples – you can familiarize yourself with completed example projects.
  • Improved:
  • Command Dialog-Settings. You can define the field for input of a password. The Button element has been added.
  • Command Import REG file. 'Use 64-bit regedit.exe' checkbox has been added.
  • Command Dialog – Language. The variables lang_nosort, lang_nonative and lang_[Language name] have been added.
  • Command Dialog – Progress. The Continue button is not shown if the option of automatic closure of the window after completion of the process is checked.
  • Command Modify Variable. The possibility to get the path to a file, its name and extension [Get Filename] has been added.
  • Command Close Application. The possibility to specify objects to be closed as a list has been added.
  • Command If Statement (full version). The possibility of processing Else.
  • Commands If Statement & While Statement. A checkbox to negate the condition had been added.
  • Fixed:
  • Deletion of temporary files after interruption of the installation by the user.
  • A message about an error is shown if the source directory doesn't exist during execution of the command Copy Files & Folders.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.15.2 (Oct 25, 2012)

  • Added:
  • Command Temporary Files (all versions).
  • Improved:
  • Command Dialog - Settings. New elements were added: Link and Image. Also you can now deploy controls in one row.
  • Command System Information. Added, obtaining RAM size.
  • If installation icons contain frames with sizes greater than 64x64, then those frames are ignored.
  • If, while packaging files and conducting a search using wildcards, nothing was found, then in the warning window you can choose “Yes to all” and all following warnings will be ignored.
  • Predefined variables. Variables added: shortdate and shorttime.
  • Fixed:
  • If the logo at the top of dialog box was too wide, then the description text in the title was covered by the logo.
  • Error in the Condition field if any word in the row started with upper case S or N. For example, Nmyvar == "This is a String"

New in CreateInstall Free 5.14.1 (Oct 1, 2012)

  • Added:
  • Command Get Original User (Full, Light, Free).
  • Command Run As Original user (Full, Light, Free) .
  • Command Embedded files (Full).
  • Option Self-Deleting Setup File (Full, Light, Free).
  • Improved:
  • Command Check Requirements.
  • Predefined variables. The variable 'oswindows' - added Windows 8.
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.12.0 (Jun 13, 2012)

  • Added the checkbox 'Access a 64-bit key' to Registry commands.
  • Added additional uninstall log parameters to the Installation Files command.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.11.0 (Dec 30, 2011)

  • Added Get File Information command.
  • Added Split Variable command.
  • Added Split & For statement command.
  • Added Wow64Redirection On/Off command.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.10.0 (Apr 9, 2011)

  • Added Update feature. See Update for more details.
  • Added Dialog - Checkboxes List command.
  • Added Redirect Console Output command.
  • Added Run JavaScript & VBScript command.
  • Added Action After Reboot command.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.9.0 (Apr 9, 2011)

  • Added a parameter 'Silent command line' on Project - Settings.
  • Added the Spanish Help file.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.8.0 (Dec 8, 2010)

  • Added:
  • Code Signing options for the installation and the uninstaller into Project - Setup Builder.
  • Command Rename file or folder. (Light & Full)
  • Command Substitute Variables in Files. (Light & Full)
  • It is possible to move/resize dialog controls.
  • See How to move and resize dialog controls.
  • Improved:
  • Command If statement. Add 'File Exists' and 'Directory Exists' parameters.
  • Command While statement. Add 'File Exists' and 'Directory Exists' parameters.
  • Command Dialog - Progress. Added a variable 'Pnofiles' to hide unpacking filenames.
  • Command Dialog - Tree. Added a variable 'Tdesc'.
  • Command Dialog - User Name & Serial Number. Added 'Userialonly' and 'Uuseronly' variables.
  • Command Check Requirements. Added '.NET Framework 4' parameter.
  • Command Modify Variable. Added 'Duplicate letter' parameter.
  • The program remembers the latest project folder. It will be current when you want to open .ci project file the next time.
  • Fixed:
  • Some minor bugs.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.7.0 (Jul 1, 2010)

  • Added System Information command.
  • Added Set File Attributes command.
  • Added Read variable from file command.
  • Added Dialog - Browser command.
  • Added Menu Tools - Create CAB (MS Cabinet) File dialog.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.6.0 (Jul 1, 2010)

  • Added Modify Variable command.
  • Added Run MSI file command.
  • Added Decompress CAB file command.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.5.0 (Jul 1, 2010)

  • Added Dialog - Ready To Install command.
  • Added Write variable to file command.
  • Added HTTP GET/POST Request command.
  • Added Import .REG File command.
  • Checkbox 'Include VERSION_INFO resource'.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.4.0 (Jul 1, 2010)

  • Added 'Backup Files' command.
  • Added 'Create Folders' command.
  • Added 'Dialog - Backup' command.
  • Added 'Restore Backup Files' command.

New in CreateInstall Free 5.3.0 (Jul 1, 2010)

  • CreateInstall Light and Free versions were released.
  • Mutli build feature.

New in CreateInstall Free 4.14.5 (Oct 13, 2009)

  • Added new features

New in CreateInstall Free 4.11.12 (May 29, 2007)

  • Use your own icons, logos and images in the dialog boxes of your installation packages.
  • Automate creating installation packages due to the possibility of running CreateInstall FREE from the command line.
  • Choose among two compression algorithms. PPMD will perfectly compress your data, but it will take more time to unpack it. The default compression is slightly better than ZIP compression and ensures the data will be unpacked quickly.

New in CreateInstall Free 4.6 (Jul 22, 2006)

  • Fixed some bugs
  • Added Background option
  • Added Macros page
  • Added Readme dialog option
  • Added 'Clone' button to lists.
  • Added 'Icon File' option to Shortcut's settings.