The Generate Setup function in Stonefield Query Studio (available in the File and shortcut menus and in the toolbar) makes it even easier to use Inno Setup because you don't have to build the installation script yourself this function generates a customized Inno Setup script for your Stonefield Query project. When installing Inno Setup, be sure to turn on the option to install the Inno Setup Pre-Processor (ISPP), which Stonefield Query requires. We highly recommend it in fact, it's the installer we use to install the Stonefield Query SDK. Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs that's easy to use, creates small setup executables, and runs quickly. There are a couple of ways you can create a setup executable for your Stonefield Query project. 5 or later is installed and if not, install it (your installer will either have to include the. If you are using your own installation mechanism, be sure to check whether. The installer generated from the Generate Setup function described below automatically downloads and installs the. NET 4.5 or higher framework, so if it or a higher version isn't found on the user's system, it must be installed. One other thing: Stonefield Query requires the. If you are using your own installation mechanism, be sure to distribute or create this INI file. The Generate Setup function described below automatically creates this INI file on the user's system when they install your customized version of Stonefield Query. This installer requires a file called Setup.ini in the application folder, with the following contents: ĮXEName=Name of Stonefield Query executable without an extension Be sure to include this file in your installer. To facilitate this, a workstation-only installer, WSSetup.exe is provided. However, like most Windows applications, a minimal set of runtime files is required on each workstation that runs Stonefield Query. In the case of a network server, there isn't any need to install the Stonefield Query program files (the files in Stonefield Query program directory) or your custom project files on a workstation, since they can be accessed from the workstation you just need to install a shortcut to SFQuery.exe on the server. For details on standalone versus network installations, see. It can also be installed in a Citrix or Windows Terminal Server environment that works almost the same as a network server. Stonefield Query can be installed on either a single desktop computer for use as single-user software or a network server so it can be shared by several users across the network. In addition to avoiding the problems mentioned above, you can customize your setup to exactly suit your needs.īefore discussing how to create a setup executable, a discussion of setup types is in order. Instead, we recommend creating your own setup executable. Finally, our setup won't install your customized project files, so you'd need to do that as a separate step. Second, it shows the "Stonefield" name, which is a problem if you've private labeled or branded Stonefield Query. For one thing, that installs Stonefield Query Studio, which your user isn't licensed to use and you almost certainly don't want your user accessing. to install Stonefield Query on your user's system, we recommend against that. Although you could use the setup executable you received from Stonefield Software Inc.
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