Question

I saw this excellent article: Inno Setup – Correct use of [Types], [Components] and [Tasks] on components and types.

I currently have three separate setup.exe projects (iss) to install:

1. The program executable (default to: C:\ProgramFiles/ ) i.e. {pf}
2. a setup of js/css/html (default to: c:\wwwroot\sherlock
3. a setup to install image files (jpg/png) files (default to: c:\wwwroot\toby

I want the user it be able to redirect the default locations for each of these three “components” (i.e. perhaps his /wwwroot is on the G drive, or something like that. I don’t see anyway in the Source: command other than to send this to {app}

Source: "Z:\EGPL Librarian Releases\Sample Installation\wwwroot\Sherlock\*"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs

Question: can this be done with components and types as the above article?
Should I rather create an installer of installer programs and keep the three separate setups? (And can you show me an example of an installer of installer programs?)

I am looking for a simple solution, since I have other work to do.

Answer 1

See this page. Note that it was written for an older version of Inno, but it should be easy enough to adapt.

Components/Tasks are for optional things. If your items are not optional then there’s not much point in using them.

As for whether to make a single installer or an installer of installers — the main question there is what you want to happen at uninstall time. If you want the user to be able to uninstall each part separately then you must create separate install scripts with unique AppIds (and then optionally make an installer of installers for them). If you want them to always be uninstalled together then you can make a single script.