The programs have been developed by VB5 and runs on desktop machine but their use is restricted to CE programmers (NSBasic as default) that need an easy way to create installation packages to deliver their works to the user. (i have some reasons to think IPWiz may works with others CE Languages also so in the program you will find the possibility to change the program extention to use also others CE application that may need an installer program ). The most relevant problem of a programmer that uses NSBasic meets, as soon as he is ready to distribute his application is to find or create an installer that can do the job without to require the final user to install several programs to enable the application running. The reason of my experiments is that the procedure that you should use, and you find in the www.nsbasic.com website uses a program that only works with NT/Win2000/XP systems. As i still use the old Win98 SE i was unable to do my programs' installer and so the following application are the result of my researches. ATTENTION : Programs has been successfully tested loading a program of mine on a Mips device (AERO 1550 USA) and on an Arm device (HP Jornada 565 Italian) and HP H2210 with their relative O.S. The code appears to work fine but you can still find some bugs so consider this as a BETA versions. Obviously any your feedback will be appreciated (Click HERE to see details) This program does its works fine and the Version 2 allows to install also the NSBasic Runtime with a mouse's click only. The problem is that to do this you need the MS eVB Tool already installed on your desk computer. If you use both language (NSBasic -eVB) you can solve the problem with IPWiz 2. Your final user must only to click a button more on his device to complete installation but he will get the program easily installed and its shortcut also in the Programs' window. You can see which is the idea base of the IPWiz2 procedure HERE . The instructions are also available as Mhtml file into the downloaded program's file BETA Available BETA Available (click on the logos to see details) The program INFactory Single Cab has bee discontinued
To use IPWiz 2 was totally free, but it could not be a good reason for a programmer that use NSBasic only to accept its so heavy resources' request. So i began to think how to solve the problem otherwise. INFactory is the result. This program creates the installer with the correct procedure (I.E. Inf Language and CAB file) so the installation process is fully standard. Your user will note that you use NSBasic only if he looks to the application's file extention or its icon. And..... in this case also the program is Free.
The instructions are also available as HELP file to call from the downloaded file And NEW This are the last version of the project INFactory. It offers more flexibility allowing user to add to the intaller's packege not only nsb and dll files but also any other kind of file as bmp, wav, htp, txt etc. There is also a simple Reg. Keys editor and a direct interface to use the ezsetup program to get compressed exe installers. You do not need to know anything about Inf sintax or other but only to know how your program have to be installed in the device (obviuosly you know this if you developed the program to install) The simple beaviour of the previous version is still available using WIZARD The program is still a BETA GENERAL NOTE The Directory and SubDir that the selfextracting .zip files will create on your HD are for both the programs are intended to let the program authomatically handle all the runtime files and/or others libraries so the first thing to do to work with the program is to add the requested files to this folders. HOW TO GET THE RUNTIME FILES YOU NEED. See HERE