Base Frame for AutoHotKey Scripts (Installer ...)

[bichlepa]

Major update!
Alibaba has made an incredibly good installer. Now I have modified Base Frame to use the installer.
Note, it is currently BETA there are still some issues and more features are coming!

When you want to publish an application written in AutoHotKey, you may want to have an installer and an update checker.
This Base Frame has both of them!

Features:

• Full featured installer
  • Can make an ordinary install into the Program Files folder and provide an uninstaller
  • Can also extract the files into any folder (portable installation)
  • Can detect an already existing installation and update the application
  • Show license during install
  
• Update Checker (optional)
  • Checks for an update on every start of the application
  • If a new version is available and the user wishes, downloads the intstaller and startst the update process
  

Base Frame GUI:


It's easy to use. It won't take more than 10 minutes to make the installer for your AHK project. There is a help file with a quick start guide.

It's available in English and German. Other translations can be made easily.

Download Setup file (which is already a demonstration)

GitHub repository



Old post:
When you want to publish an application written in AutoHotKey, you may want to have an installer and an update checker.
This Base Frame has both of them!

Features:
[list][*]Installer
[list][*]Add the files and scripts that will be packed into the installer
[*]The intallers installs the application in a subfolder
[*]It is able to make a new install or update the application[/list]
[*]Update Checker
[list][*]Checks the online available version on every start of the application
[*]If a new version is available and the user wishes, downloads the intstaller and startst the update process[/list]
[*]License terms
[list]
[*]Automatically adds license terms
[*]User needs to accept them on install[/list][/list]

It's easy to use. After having set everything the first time all settings will be saved. Compiling and publishing a new version will take only about 1 minute!

It's available in English and German. Other translations can be made easily.
I am using it for AutoHotFlow and PABI Vokabeltrainer.

[joedf]

Very Nice!

[vasili111]

Installer and updater is very useful. Thank you

[boiler]

Sounds great. Does it create shortcuts for the desktop and start menu?

[bichlepa]

No, it can neither install into program files folder nor create shortcuts. Those features need to be implemented.

[joedf]

Put it up on github, it will be easier for us to contribute

[vasili111]

Put it up on github, it will be easier for us to contribute

+1

[bichlepa]

+1
I'll try it. I've never used github before.

[vasili111]

+1
I'll try it. I've never used github before.

Try https://windows.github.com/ (official windows client for github). With GitHub for Windows you don't need to memorise Git command line commands, everything is done from GUI.

[bichlepa]

Try https://windows.github.com/ (official windows client for github). With GitHub for Windows you don't need to memorise Git command line commands, everything is done from GUI.

Many thanks for that hint!

I've uploaded the project on GitHub. Have I done it right?
Base-Frame-for-AutoHotKey on GitHub

[vasili111]

Many thanks for that hint!

You are welcome

I've uploaded the project on GitHub. Have I done it right?
Base-Frame-for-AutoHotKey on GitHub

I think everything is fine.
It will be nice to add link to ahkscript.org Base Frame thread here:




Also I have created pull request to create README.md. That file is displayed as markdown file and contains the description of this project (discription is the same as in the first post of this thread).

[bichlepa]

Alredy done!

[vasili111]

Also please replace


with easily .

Your repo looks very nice

[Soft]

awesome!

[Alibaba]

Wow, i nearly forgot about this project, but i'm very glad that you brought it up again in in this forum! +1
I will see if i find any time to contribute to this further, but sadly i don't really have much time for Autohotkey anymore since i started university and a job in Dresden... :/ We'll see.
P.S. imho the english name "Base Frame" sounds much better than "Grundgerüst"

[joedf]

Wow longtime no see Alibaba!

[Alibaba]

Yeah, good to see you, joedf
I see you raised your post count quite a bit

[joedf]

hahah thanks !
glad to hear from you

[bichlepa]

I have recently visited the AHK folder and I found the AHK installer there. It's an amazing piece of code.
Now I'm trying to understand and modify it in order to integrate it into Base Frame. (I hope, I will accomplish this.) This will provide a beautiful installation menu and some new features like installation into programs folder and an uninstaller.

I'm wondering whether it is okay to use that code (I think it will be, but I want to make sure) and I don't know whom to ask, because I don't know who is the author of the AHK installer. Does anybody know the author?

[joedf]

That design is used by SciTE4AutoHotkey's installer also. I believe it is lexikos' design. He usually puts things as CC0 or Public domain.