Bulletproof Installs
A developer's guide to install programs for Windows with InstallShield
464 pages, parution le 10/09/1998
Résumé
The complete guide to InstallShield5, the #1 Windows
software distribution development environment!
A quality install program can improve your company's image and dramatically reduce support costs at the same time. Written by Leslie Easter, founder of the world's leading InstallShield training organization, Bulletproof Installs walks you step by step through building Windows-based installation software that works first time, every time. Using InstallShield5, the industry-standard development environment for Windows installers, you'll discover how to :
Leslie Easter is founder and instructor for The Orange Brain Company, the world's leading provider of InstallShield5 training. He has led install development training around the world and at many Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Bank of America, Compaq, H-P, Iomega, InstallShield and many others. Check out www.OrangeBrain.com for more information.
Table of contents
A quality install program can improve your company's image and dramatically reduce support costs at the same time. Written by Leslie Easter, founder of the world's leading InstallShield training organization, Bulletproof Installs walks you step by step through building Windows-based installation software that works first time, every time. Using InstallShield5, the industry-standard development environment for Windows installers, you'll discover how to :
- Build specifications and flowcharts that streamline development and enhance quality
- Thoroughly evaluate user-computing environments and configure them for optimal application use
- Create Wizard-based dialog boxes that users can easily understand
- Manage configuration files, shared files, locked files, self-registering files and the Registry
- Learn InstallShield's undocumented routines and hidden functionality
- Your installation software will be the first thing your users see. Make sure it's perfect. Get Bulletproof Installs.
Leslie Easter is founder and instructor for The Orange Brain Company, the world's leading provider of InstallShield5 training. He has led install development training around the world and at many Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Bank of America, Compaq, H-P, Iomega, InstallShield and many others. Check out www.OrangeBrain.com for more information.
Table of contents
1. What Is an Install
Program?
The Basic Definition
2. Designing an Install Program
Architecture. Assimilate.
Implementing the Architecture.
3. InstallShield File and Directory Organization.
What Is Installed by
InstallShield. How InstallShield Builds Your Install
Program. How InstallShield Runs Your Program.The
InstallShield Wizards.The InstallShield Templates.The
InstallShield IDE.InstallScript Framework.Summary.
4. Creating a Simple Install Program.
Running the Project
Wizard.Applying the Finishing Touches. Running the Install
Program. Examining the Built-in Capabilities. Understanding
the Generated Code. Summary.
5. Explaining InstallScript.
InstallScript Notation.
Naming Variables. Programming Constructs.Summary.
6. Understanding the Operating System.
Adding a Start Menu Entry.
The Registry. Locked Files.Shared Files. Core
Components.Self-Registering Files.Rights and
Permissions.Summary.
7. Defining the InstallShield API.
InstallShield API
Categories.Undocumented.Summary.
8. Creating a Standard Install Program.
OBR Viewer.Creating File
Groups and Components.Running the Install Program.Adding a
Start Menu Entry.Adding to the Application Search
Path.Creating a File Extension Registry Key.Adding to the
Final Wizard Page.Summary.
9. Creating a Custom User Interface.
Wizard Page Basics.User
Interface Design.User Interface Controls.Layout and
Design.Creating a Resource DLL.Making Your Own Wizard
Page.Writing a Message Handling Routine.Customizing an
InstallShield Dialog.Summary.
10. Importing Routines.
The Nature of an
Application.The Anatomy of a Dynamic Link Library.The
Windows API.InstallShieldos Function Prototype.Data Type
Conversion.Using the Windows API.The WinSub Module.Handy
Windows API Routines.Summary.
11. Creating an Advanced Install Program.
Install Programs and
Graphics.InstallScript Modules.A Final Look at the OBR
Viewer.Customizing the InstallShield
Environment.Summary.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Prentice Hall |
| Auteur(s) | LESLIE Easter |
| Parution | 10/09/1998 |
| Nb. de pages | 464 |
| EAN13 | 9780137980918 |
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