I use Inno Setup to create installers. It is simple to use but has many complex capabilities. This page is just general information and links to important information. Links Inno Setup main site page – Inno Setup (jrsoftware.org) Main help file – Inno Setup Help (jrsoftware.org) Inno Setup Preprocessor (ISPP) help file – Inno Setup Preprocessor Help (jrsoftware.org)… Read More »
Inno Setup allows you to send logging information to a file during install/uninstall operations. You must specify the log option and destination file on the command line. Example Installation The InitializeSetup() function is called shortly after the installer/uninstaller starts. It runs before the user has been prompted for a target folder so {app} is undefined here. In fact,… Read More »
I needed to search an entire database to find 64-bit integer data types were being used to make sure I was handling them correctly. I needed to create a query to find all the columns in the database that are SQL bigint type. I found a and modified it to get the location information I needed. Other Uses
When adding shell package to the SoftPro Select client GUI application, you must do a two step process. First is to pass your package to a Select command line tool that puts package entries in the registry. Second is to start the Select application with a command line argument that forces it to merge all the shell package… Read More »
SoftPro Select has the option to create a development environment using non-production registry entries for new code. This registry key and its children can be deleted and recreated as needed. If development efforts have made a mess out of registry by not uninstalling packages correctly or polluting registry with crap, you can use the procedure below to delete… Read More »
In order to create a self-contained web page that has no external links, it is easy to place all JavaScript and CSS elements in the page. However, adding an image is not straightforward. This procedure will enable you to convert an image to Base64 and embed the image in the page source. We will assume you are using… Read More »
It can be very difficult to get debug information when developing Python scripts in Select – especially developing Automation Code Snippets. This technique provides a welcome solution by writing error/debug information to the system Event Log. Be aware the developer MUST REMOVE the Event Log writer before releasing the code to production. Setup Add the following function to… Read More »
HTML allows you to create links to topics within a web page. Normally you would do this by defining a target location with the ID of a regular HTML anchor, image, or paragraph. To create a clickable link to allow the user to go to one of these targets, you would use an anchor tag and put a… Read More »
The MCP2221x is used to allow a host computer to communicate with hardward via USB. The interface chip does not require any onboard logic to provide a bidirectional UART, and I2C interface. Using the appropriate host driver software to communicate to the chip, you can configure the remaining 4 GPIO pins as up to three 10-bit ADCs, single… Read More »
I have been working with an extension from a software company that I could not uninstall by going through the usual Visual Studio Extensions ->Manage Extensions -> Installed screen. Ultimately I determined that the extension had a bug in the uninstaller. Face it – how much does an uninstaller get tested anyway? I followed the instructions in many… Read More »