CONTENT
Foreword
25 tips for Visual Installer
10 tips for CD-Menu Creator
Technical Articles
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FOREWORD
To [$Namn],
We have published many tips for Visual Installer
and CD-Menu Creator on our website, and in the two
previous issues of our newsletter we have listed links to
85 of the tips. In this issue we have included links to
even more tips.
You can read the previous two issues of our newsletter here:
100
tips for SamLogic's tools (part 1 of 3)
100
tips for SamLogic's tools (part 2 of 3)
Some of the tips require the latest version of the tool
and if you not have it installed, you can download a free
trial from this web page:
Download
a free trial
Or, if you want to buy a license of the program, click on
one of the links to the right ->
Best regards,
Anders Persson
SamLogic Software |
25 TIPS FOR VISUAL INSTALLER
 Visual
Installer is a versatile installation tool that can
create setup packages for distribution via internet, USB
sticks, SD cards and CDs/DVDs. Below you will find links
to useful tips that shows how to use many of the functions
in the tool:
EDITOR
Hiding
tabs in the Visual Installer editor
SECURITY
How
to password protect an installation
Visual
Installer can show visually when a license key is correct
How
to use prime number license keys in Visual Installer
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
The
update function in Visual Installer
How
to prevent an installation in wrong Windows version
How
to change registration order during setup
How
to install a font with Visual Installer
How
to create installations in different languages
How
to check bitness for an .EXE, .DLL or .OCX file
SCRIPTING LANGUAGE
Visual
Installer's Scripting Language
Using
the log function in Visual Installer’s script language
How
to install a Windows service using script
How
to use the User Options dialog box with script
How
to delay deletion of a file until reboot
4
delete commands available in the script language
How
to enable write permission to a Program Files folder
How
to change folder permissions for sub folders
How
to run an MSI installation from script
How
to complete MSI installation #1 before #2 starts
VARIABLES
Variables
in Visual Installer
Using
environment variables in Visual Installer
The
%REG1 to %REG5 variables in Visual Installer
MICROSOFT OFFICE
How
to check if Microsoft Office is installed during an installation
How
to install Access Runtime from script
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10 TIPS
FOR CD-MENU CREATOR
 CD-Menu
Creator is a feature-rich menu designer tool that can
build menus for CDs, DVDs, USB sticks and SD cards. Below
you will find links to useful tips that shows how to use
many of the functions in the tool:
MENUES
How
to create a menu interface for a USB flash drive
How
to create multiple menus on a CD, DVD and USB stick
How
to handle menu interfaces with many buttons
SECURITY
How
to protect a document with a password
How
to encrypt a document without a password
SPECIAL
How
to get the drive letter of the disc where the menu is run
How
to use Chinese, Japanese and Thai characters in a menu
Using
wildcard characters in a file path
How
to start an MSI installation from a menu
CD-Menu
Creator's command line parameters
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USB MENU
CREATOR 2020 - AUTORUN MENUS FOR USB STICKS
 With
USB Menu Creator you can create AutoRun menu interfaces
for USB flash drives. The menus will open automatically
when the USB stick is plugged into the computer's USB port.
From a menu users can run programs, open documents, play
videos etc.
USB Menu Creator is a special bundle that contains
the following 3 products: CD-Menu Creator, USB AutoRun Creator
and Image Resizer.
Read
more about SamLogic USB Menu Creator
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TECHNICAL
ARTICLES
 You
can find more information that are related to Visual
Installer and CD-Menu Creator (and our other
products) in some technical articles that we have published
on our site.
The articles cover topics such as AutoRun/AutoPlay, USB
sticks, 64-bit Windows, code signing / digital certificates,
manifest files, installations, SMTP etc.
Below is an index page from where you can access the most
of the articles:
SamLogic
Software - Articles / Documents
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NOW:
Visual Installer 2020
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Price from 79 dollar:
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CD-Menu Creator 2020
Order the latest version of our menu design tool.
Price from 59 dollar:
Order
here
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USB Menu Creator 2020
Order the latest version of our USB menu design tool. Prices
from 139 dollar:
Order
here
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SEE ALSO
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