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| QSetup Installation Suite 5.0.0.0
"The most advanced installation compiler we've seen to date." INTRODUCTION Pantaray Research – QSetup, is a vastly efficient, valuable and powerful setup program available free for Independent Software Developers. This software produces a solitary Self Extract installation file that can be downloaded from the Internet with ease, dispersed on a CD or located on a mid File Server. The software is a powerful, specialized and yet simple to use installation program compatible under the Windows OS. INSTALLATION The program is easy to install and takes very little time or effort at all. It compiles it's own installer so the user gets a taste of the program before they even have it fully installed. Great process! CONFIGURATION All of the bases seem to have been covered when this program was configured. Everything you could possibly want is right at you fingertips and only a click away on the easily accessible tabs on the right hand side of the screen. There are options beyond options to choose from no matter how you want them set; the configuration is as good as it gets. Characteristics behind QSetup equate to a user-friendly and sensitive user interface, which will help you generate concrete and reliable installations in the shortest and most direct period of time. Another bonus is that this setup can also create Split Setup. This is an advanced tool allowing you to supply your clientele with a little Setup Kernel making it possible for them to download the remaining sections of the setup file from the Internet. INTERFACE The interface is user friendly and consists of a single window containing all the client would ever need. Within the QSetup Composer window lies every aspect of your ‘project’, from the files, switches, shortcuts, auto update to dialogues; creating endless possibilities to your own creation. The graphical interface is visually appealing and portrays the nature of the software it employs. The page set-up is an extremely important marketer of the product and in this case it has been sold! FUNCTIONALITY: This new version of QSetup is a full-featured and easy-to-use, modern software update solution. This fresh 5.0 version has numerous enhancements over the 4.0 version: It fashions a more compact setup package resulting in the reduction of 200K for the size of a typical project. The new version has multi user access list support - "Allow Full Access to All Users" - when installing on an NTFS drive; it also has additional CD and automatic web features. In addition, new and unique features like Auto-Update are available. By utilizing this preference the developer can generate Installation packages that will AUTO UPDATE itself from the Internet, as soon as a new version of their program is presented. The software’s help program is a gift in itself. It has all the information one could ever need to know about using this software. Every tab has a help section attainable from the bottom left of the screen. As you flip through the tabs on the right hand side, the help menu automatically links you to the information you need to understand the function of each option. This has been designed with the intention of allowing for the design of highly renown, urban, sophisticated and stylish installation delivery with minimal effort; all the while requiring zero script programming. You can run, preview and save all your info at any point to see what it looks like and how it will run. The option of previewing is especially helpful at any point in the process due to the importance of the look one wishes to generate with the installation screen. One of the most valuable features we've found in this release is the Execution Engine, it will allow you to define unique functions to be executed during the installation/uninstallation process. Instead of scripting it all by hand you can now insert the functions via dropdown menu. The operations can be UnConditional, Conditional or in a Loop. You can specify up to 3 conditions for every operation using the following boolean operators between the conditions: AND, OR, XOR, NOT. The 5.0 version has several "blue" background designs selections - providing an eye catching look to your Software. To top it all off the software is compatible with all versions of Windows, even the latest "Windows 2003".
CONCLUSION This ingenious program is an extremely customizable installer for any user’s software, facilitating you to select from a whole host of diverse preferences to suit whatever needs you may have. By defining the directory structure you require, along with any Registry keys that need to be entered; shortcuts and Start Menu requirements, file relations your program desires, your desired language and a multitude of other things. QSetup is a great tool for any programmer and will save hours upon hours of frustration and wasted time when it comes to building a program with the intent of distribution either privately or commercially. It makes complicated and difficult tasks simple and trouble-free. It contains all-inclusive help files that are more or less unnecessary flanking the organized, straightforward and undemanding interface. The program is also very useful for packaging internal company documentations. All in all this is the best installation program we have seen come across. The advanced features make for the most effective and most efficient user-friendly software on the market. Download the free trial, it's built with the actual software so you can see how it all works. Click here. Comparison between QSetup & Competing Programs
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