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How To Install Software Key Using Inno Setup
OK, you have written your program, added ShareGuard Copy Protection and are ready to create your setup program for the key to unlock your protected program. How do you create a setup program? First you obtain setup software, define all of the files to be loaded into the setup, compile the setup and then compress the setup. The following provides all of the details on how to install software key for free.
Firstly, you should write your own small wrapper program which will call the KEYGEN
program. Cut and paste the generated code into your small program. You can, optionally, just use the batch file but a wrapper program as an executable is cleaner.
Compressing Your SETUP.EXE:
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Obtaining Setup Installation Software:
Inno Setup software can be downloaded for free from JR Software.org.
The following is sample code and uses ShareGuard as an example. The Inno Setup creates a SETUP.EXE which can then be compressed into ZIP format for downloading.
NOTE: The following listing should be saved in ISS format for installing software using the INNO Setup program. Change all of the appropriate variables to accomodate your application.
; Script generated by the Inno Setup Script Wizard.
; SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS ON CREATING INNO SETUP SCRIPT FILES!
[Setup]
AppName=JpegGuard Key
AppVerName=JpegGuard Key V1.0
AppCopyright=Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Zapper Software, 510862 B.C. Ltd.
AppPublisher=Zapper Software
AppPublisherURL=http://www.zappersoftware.com/
AppSupportURL=http://www.zappersoftware.com/
AppUpdatesURL=http://www.zappersoftware.com/
DefaultDirName={pf}\JpegGuard
DefaultGroupName=JpegGuard
AllowNoIcons=yes
AlwaysCreateUninstallIcon=yes
LicenseFile=C:\ZSJPKEY\LICENSE.TXT
InfoBeforeFile=C:\ZSJPKEY\README.TXT
InfoAfterFile=C:\ZSJPKEY\START.TXT
UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\ZSJPKEY.exe
; uncomment the following line if you want your installation to run on NT 3.51 too.
MinVersion=4,3.51
[Tasks]
Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "Create a &desktop icon"; GroupDescription:
"Additional icons:"; MinVersion: 4,4
Name: "quicklaunchicon"; Description: "Create a &Quick Launch icon"; GroupDescription: "Additional icons:"; MinVersion: 4,4; Flags: unchecked
[Files]
; This is the JpegGuard Key executable which calls ZSSGK.EXE
; This program could also be the batch file instead of an executable
Source: "ZSJPKEY.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
; This is the ShareGuard Key executable called by ZSJPKEY.EXE
Source: "ZSSGK.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; CopyMode: alwaysoverwrite
Source: "Readme.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: isreadme
Source: "License.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: isreadme
Source: "Start.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: isreadme
[Icons]
Name: "{group}\JpegGuard Key"; Filename: "{app}\ZSJPKEY.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}"
Name: "{userdesktop}\JpegGuard Key"; Filename: "{app}\ZSJPKEY.exe"; WorkingDir:
"{app}"; MinVersion: 4,4; Tasks: desktopicon
[Registry]
; Start "Software\My Company\My Program" keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER
; and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The flags tell it to always delete the
; "My Program" keys upon uninstall, and delete the "My Company" keys
; if there is nothing left in them.
Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Zapper Software"; Flags: uninsdeletekeyifempty
Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Zapper Software\JpegGuard Key"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
Root: HKLM; Subkey: "Software\Zapper Software"; Flags: uninsdeletekeyifempty
Root: HKLM; Subkey: "Software\Zapper Software\JpegGuard Key"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
Root: HKLM; Subkey: "Software\Zapper Software\JpegGuard Key\Settings"; ValueType:
string; ValueName: "Path"; ValueData: "{app}"
Root: HKLM; Subkey: "Software\Zapper Software\JpegGuard Key\Version"; ValueType:
string; ValueName: "VersionNo"; ValueData: "1.1"
[Run]
Filename: "{app}\ZSJPKEY.exe"; Description: "Launch JpegGuard Key"; WorkingDir:
"{app}"; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent
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Written by William H. Bradshaw
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Get The FREE Software:
Installation Summary:
- Download Setup Software
- Create setup file
- Compile setup file
- Compress setup.exe into setup.zip
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