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- Overview
- Different types of setup for a WINDEV application
- How to create a setup program?
- How to install a WINDEV application?
- Principle for the standard or compact setup
- Principle for the network setup
- Silent installation
Creating and deploying the installation program: How do you do it?
Creating the setup program allows you to deploy a WINDEV application on the end-user computers. Creating the setup program consists in specifying all the parameters required for installing and using your WINDEV application. WINDEV allows you to create a full setup program. This setup program can be used to install: - a WINDEV application.
- other files. For example, images, videos, etc.
Different types of setup for a WINDEV application Several types of setup are available: - Installation from a Private Store:
This installation mode allows you to create the application installer in a Private Store, as well as the application installer from the Private Store. Using an installation from a private Store enables: - users to access a portal with the different applications available.
- automatically updating applications downloaded from the Private Store.
- Installation with automatic update ("Live Update" installation):
This installation mode creates the application installer on the server (network installation), as well as the application installer on the user workstations. This setup is used to:- manage the automatic update of networked applications ("Live Update").
- get the characteristics of the users connected to the application at a given time.
- configure the location of the files required by the application. Different cases can be managed, for example:
- Install all the application files on the server.
- Install the database on the server and the files required to run the application (".EXE", ".WDL", ".DLL", etc.) on each user computer.
- Installing a part of the database on the server and another part on each user computer. The files required to run the application (".EXE", ".WDL", ".DLL", etc.) are also installed on each user computer.
- Individual installation:
Stand-alone setup without individual update mechanism. Several types of individual systems are available: - Standard installation:
The setup program is independent of the application. All the files required by the application are installed on the client computers. To take an update into account, it must be run on each client computer. - Compact installation: Standard installation. However, the setup program is smaller because it does not use specific DLLs and some customization options are not available.
- MSI package installation:
MSI package installation lets you use the features of Windows' built-in installer.  New in SaaSMSIX package installation: MSIX package installation lets you use the features of the Windows secure installer.
How to create a setup program? To create a setup program allowing you to: - deploy a WINDEV application, you can:
- or use the setup program creation wizard directly from WINDEV: in the "Project" pane, in the "Generation" group, pull down "Setup procedure" and select "Create installation procedure".. This wizard allows you to easily create the three types of setup programs.
- or use the setup editor (WDInst): under "Tools", in the "Utilities" group, click on "WDInst".. This editor is used to customize the setup program.
- provide other files, you must use the setup program creation wizard, started from WDInst ("File .. New" from WDInst).
Reminder: To start WDInst, go to the "Tools" tab, "Utilities" group and click "WDInst".
How to install a WINDEV application? Principle for the standard or compact setup To install the application, simply launch the application setup program on the user's computer. The files required by the application are installed in the specified installation directory. To install an application update, run the update setup program on the user's computer. The update replaces the necessary files in the application. Note: The installation program offers: - a "Quick Installation": in this case, the application installs using the predefined settings. No information is asked to the user.
- a "Custom installation": in this case, the user follows the different steps of the installation wizard to customize the installation settings.
Principle for the network setup To install your application: - Start the server setup program from a local computer (Install_server.exe). The files required by the reference application are installed in the specified installation directory. The reference application corresponds to a client setup program.
- Run the client setup program from each user computer. The files required by the client application are installed in the specified installation directory.
To install an update of your application: - Start your setup update on the server. The update replaces the necessary files of the reference application. You can save these replaced files.
- When the application is launched from a user's workstation, the application is automatically updated.
Note: The installation program offers: - a "Quick Installation": in this case, the application installs using the predefined settings. No information is asked to the user.
- a "Custom installation": in this case, the user follows the different steps of the installation wizard to customize the installation settings.
Automatic check for updates
The application regularly checks if a network update is available.
Reminder: the verification delay can be set from the WDAdminExe application or by using the AppChangeParameter function. If an update is available, a toast will be displayed only if the user is currently using the application. - For optional updates, the notification message is as follows:
An optional update for '<Application name>' is available.
A button in the toast allows you to install the update. - For mandatory updates, the notification message is as follows:
A mandatory update for '<Application name>' is available.
A button in the toast allows you to install the update.
These messages cannot be modified or configured. The check for available updates is always active. Remarks: - If the user has chosen not to install an optional update at application startup, that version will not be proposed by the notification mechanism.
- Mandatory update notifications are displayed every 5 minutes if the update has not been installed.
- Optional update notifications are not displayed again if the update is not installed. It will only appear next time the application is started.
New in version 2025Until version 2025 Update 1, updates were offered via a Windows. From version 2025 Update 2 onwards, the update is offered via a toast.
AppDetectUPDAvailable allows you to customize the automatic check for updates. Silent installation To silently install a WINDEV application (without displaying the different screens the setup program), pass the /SILENT parameter to the INSTALL.EXE program.
Note: This option cannot be used with MSI or compact installations. Note: By default, silent installation does not create the corresponding shortcuts.. To force the creation of shortcuts, simply pass pass the /FORCEICONE=1 parameter after /SILENT in the command line.
For example:
INSTALL.EXE /SILENT /FORCEICONE=1 |
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