The setup is created via a wizard. This wizard allows you to define the main choices. You also have the ability to use the setup editor if the options proposed by the wizard are not suitable. We will not see its use in detail in this lesson. See The setup editor WDInst for more details.

We will now present the different steps for creating the setup program. You can click the "Finish" button to validate all the steps of the wizard at any time.

To create the setup program:
1. On the "Project" pane, in the "Generation" group, expand "Setup procedure" and select "Create setup procedure". The executable and setup creation wizard starts.
2. The executable was already created: the selected options are stored.
3. In the wizard, click on "Additional information" in the "Executable" section.
4. The wizard proposes to perform a project backup. Select "No: Don't make a backup copy of the project" and go to the next step.
5. The wizard proposes to create the page of new features.
  Express
  This option is not available in Express version. In this case, go to step 8 directly.
  This option is used to create a help file in order to present the new features to the end users. During a first setup, this file can correspond to the software help.
  Select "Create a documentation for the new features" and go to the next step.
6. You have the ability to define the elements that will be automatically included in the help file. Keep the default options and go to the next step.
  Remark
  If the application already contains a help system, it can be used in order to include a page for the new features.
7. Validate the message. The executable is automatically created (with the options defined when creating the executable) as well as the help system. You now have the ability to type specific information in the help system. In the example, leave the information created by default. To resume the creation of the setup program, click , which corresponds to "Continue the creation of the setup procedure".
  The help is automatically compiled.
8. Let's now go to the "Setup" section of the wizard. In this first screen, choose the setup mode:
  - Individual setup for an independent application, installed and started on each computer. We will choose this option.
  - Setup with automatic update, for a setup on a server. The applications will be installed from the server. In case of update, only the server must be updated. The applications installed on the computers will be automatically updated.
  Go to the next step.
9. Choose a standard setup. Go to the next step.
10. We will not change the default setup directory. Go to the next step.
11. Keep the files proposed in the list of installed files. By default, WINDEV proposes the Executable file and the help file (created by the help of new features). We are going to add the data files:
  - Click the "Add" button. The Windows explorer displays the content of the generation directory of application.
  - Select the Customer, Orders, OrderLine, PaymentMode and Product data files (files with ".fic", ".ndx" and ".mmo" extension).
  - Validate. The files are automatically positioned in the data directory of application.
12. Go to the next step.
13. Uncheck all options from the database parameters. Go to the next step.
14. Keep the following options in the additional modules:
  We will choose the optional tools to install and we will include the uninstaller. The uninstaller will allow the users to uninstall the application from the Windows program manager. Go to the next step.
  Express
  The choice of optional tools is not available in Express version. In this case, go to step 16 directly.
15. We will select WDOptimizer. This tool is used to optimize the data files of application on a regular basis.
16. Click "Medium" on the left of wizard. The setup will be generated in a single directory. By default, the setup program is created in the project "Install" subdirectory. You can:
  - Specify a password for the setup. In this case, only the user who knows the password will be able to install the application.
  - Sign the setup with a certificate. This option is used to ensure the integrity of setup pack.
17. Validate. The setup program is automatically created.
18. A screen is displayed, allowing you to check the setup or to open the generation directory.

Installing an application

In the window for the end of setup creation, click the "Test" button. If this window was closed, run the "Install.exe" program found in the directory of setup program. The application setup starts.

We are going to follow the different steps of setup program for the "WD Full Application" application.
1. If you are using an operating system corresponding to Windows Vista (or later), a window requests the authorization to run the program. Validate this window.
2. Choose the language of setup program and click "OK".
3. The setup wizard starts. Two setup modes are available:
  - Quick setup: The setup is performed with the parameters specified by the application provider.
  - Custom setup: The wizard asks the user to define the parameters of application setup.
4. Choose "Custom setup". The wizard asks for the setup directory of application.
5. Validate the setup directory of application.
6. Go to the next step and end the application setup.
7. The application setup starts. Validate the different setup steps.

The different types of deployment

We have performed a simple application deployment. In the setup creation wizard, WINDEV also proposes setups with automatic update.

Overview

Several setup modes are available for a WINDEV application:

Stand-alone setup:
This type of setup is used to create a unique setup program. This setup program will be run by the end user on his computer.
To update the application, you will have to re-create a setup for the application. Then, the end user will have to install this new program.
This is the type of setup that was just performed.
Setup with automatic update:
This type of setup is used to automatically detect the updates when starting the application. If an update is available, the user can perform this update immediately.
This type of setup is available via the network or via the Web. You also have the ability to perform a multi-site setup.

We are now going to present the operating mode of a setup with update.

Setup with network update

The setup program is created via a specific wizard (on the "Project" pane, in the "Generation" group, click "Setup procedure").

The setup program obtained at the end of the wizard includes two setups:

the setup of the reference application. The reference application must be installed on the network (in a shared directory or on a server for example), accessible to all the end users of the application.
the application setup itself. This setup is included in the reference application. It can be accessed once the reference application is installed.

The diagram below presents the setup mode of an application that uses a local HFSQL Classic database, with a network update.

The version of reference application is automatically checked whenever the application is started by the end user. If this version was modified (if the reference version was updated for example), an update is automatically proposed for the final application.

Setup with Internet update

The same principle is used by the setup with Internet update.

The setup program is created via a specific wizard (on the "Project" pane, in the "Generation" group, click "Setup procedure").

The setup program obtained at the end of the wizard includes:

the setup of the reference application and the Web page used to download the client setup. These elements must be installed on an HTTP server.
the application setup itself. This setup is included in the reference application. It can be accessed once the reference application is installed, via the Web page for download.

The diagram below presents the setup mode of an application that uses an HFSQL Client/Server database, with an update by Internet.