Gammadyne Centurion Setup 44.0 Multilingual
Gammadyne Centurion Setup 44.0 Multilingual
Ready to distribute your software masterpiece? Don't wrestle for weeks with a complicated installation builder. Spend just a few minutes with Centurion Setup, and it will build a professional software installer for Windows in a self-contained, compressed executable. It supports multiple languages, interface customization, DLL installation, patching, password protection, and much more.
Self-Contained Executable
Centurion Setup creates executable installation programs that are self-contained in a single file. A single file is easily downloaded, requires no software such as WinZip to decompress, and ensures that all installation files are present.
The installer's overhead is only 960 KB and the compression engine achieves a very high compression ratio. You will be amazed at how small Centurion Setup can make the installer. A small installer will reduce load on your web server and reduce the number of failed downloads.
Uninstall Support
Centurion Setup can optionally provide support for uninstalling the product. The user will be able to uninstall the product by one of the following methods:
- The "Add/Remove Programs" option in Control Panel.
- A Start Menu shortcut (optional).
- A Desktop shortcut (optional).
Multilingualism and Interface Customization
The installer is capable of presenting the user interface in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and Afrikaans. All strings that are displayed in the user interface can be edited. Entire languages can be added.
Shared File Support
The installer can install operating system DLL's (such as those required by Visual Basic). If a DLL is currently in use, the user will be instructed to reboot the computer to complete the installation. Version and date checking is performed on DLL's according to Microsoft guidelines.
The installer can install reference counted shared files in a company directory. Shared files can be used by multiple applications, and are only replaced by more recently dated files. Only when uninstalling the last program using a shared file will the file be uninstalled.
File Associations
The installer can install an association between a file type and one of your programs, like the way .TXT files are associated with Notepad. Once the file type is associated, the user can double click on any file of that type to launch your program. Or, the user can right click on the associated file for a menu of options.
If there happens to be an existing association for the file type, the installer will create a backup that is restored by the uninstaller. Also, you are permitted to install context options for a common file type, such as .TXT files.
Additional Features
Centurion Setup and the installers that it creates run on all versions of Windows 10, 8, 2012, 7, 2008, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, NT4, ME, 98, and 95, including 64-bit versions.
Installers created by Centurion Setup may be distributed completely royalty-free.
A Centurion Setup installer is bullet-proof and extremely reliable. You will never get a complaint from a customer that the installation program has crashed.
Can install Device drivers, Control Panel extensions, and .MSI packages.
COM files can be installed and registered with the operating system. This includes ActiveX controls and .TLB type libraries.
Registry keys and values can be installed and uninstalled. For user-specific data, a separate value can be installed for every user.
To satisfy special needs, a batch of MS-DOS commands can be executed before and after both installation and uninstallation. Another batch can be run after the installer exits, perhaps to launch a custom configuration program.
The installer can add exceptions to the Windows Firewall.
Centurion Setup's installers can be digitally signed. Uncheck the "Use Checksums" box on the Build branch so that the installer will not report that it has been damaged.
A restore point can be created before installation.
The installer can install to a default location or ask the end-user where the files should be installed.
The installer can create Desktop and/or Start Menu shortcuts to any installed file. Desktop shortcuts can optionally be placed in a folder. Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts can optionally be made available to all users or only the user who installed the product.
Any installed file can be configured to open during bootup.
A patch installer can be created. Centurion Setup can automatically determine what files have changed and should therefore be included in the patch.
The installer can display an image in the background, a solid color, or a transition from one color to another. The background can optionally cover the taskbar, or leave it visible. There can even be no background at all.
After the installer is built, it can be automatically placed in a .ZIP file.
The installer can require the end-user to enter a password before installation can begin.
The installer can be encrypted with a random key. If a virus scanner is producing a false positive, simply rebuild the installer.
The installer can be bloated (with random data) to any size to help discourage piracy.
The installer can refuse to install on certain platforms, such as Windows 2000.
Fonts can be installed and registered with the Operating System so that they are available to all applications. The end-user can be given the option to keep the font during uninstallation.
The installer can replace locked files during the next reboot.
Installers can be set to expire after a certain date. After the expiration date, the installer will no longer install.
Both 32 and 64 bit applications are supported.
The installer can loosen the security settings of the product's directory so that all users will have rights to use it.
The installer verifies its intergrity to ensure that it has not been damaged, altered, or infected by viruses.
The installer can delete existing files based on date or size criteria. This can be useful when installing over old versions of your software.
Version 44.0 (August 24th, 2023)
Centurion Setup is now a 64-bit app, although the installer itself is still 32-bit and will continue to support 32-bit operating systems. This allows Centurion Setup to create larger installers. Almost all developers who build installers are using 64-bit Windows.
Added the ability to customize the color of the background and text of the installer windows. See the new "Customize Window Colors" section of the Style branch.
Added the "Font Face" setting to the Style branch. This adds the ability to control what font is used on the installer windows.
Added the "View The Registry As A 64-Bit App" option to the Registry branch. Previously, this mode was implied if the "O.S. Bitness" setting was set to 64. Now the two settings can be controlled independently. When opening an old project, the new setting will be automatically configured to prevent a change in behavior.
Source Files: the "Filename" column now supports all environment variables.
Installer Output File: added a button to this field that will launch the "Sign File" tool, with the "File To Sign" field pre-populated with the filepath of the installer.
Source Files table: added the ability to "drag select". Press and hold the left mouse button on a row in the "#" column, then move the mouse up or down to select a range of rows.
Registry: when creating a new key, the drop-down list will now show keys from the 32-bit or 64-bit view of the registry, depending on the new "View The Registry As A 64-Bit App" option.
The installer will now attempt to loosen the security restrictions on the Start Menu folder in order to avoid an "Access Denier" error.
Completion window: if the "X" caption button is clicked, any enabled completion options will be executed just as if the "Finish" button was clicked. Previously they were being ignored.
Completion: when opening the notes, history, or log, the process will not inherit the admin rights of the installer.
If the installer cannot install a desktop shortcut, this is no longer considered an incomplete installation. Desktop shortcuts are not that critical.
If a crash should occur in the worker thread that sends a vendor notification, it will no longer crash the whole process.
The "Installation Path Key" field now supports unicode.
View Install Log: if the installation folder doesn't exist, this tool will now try to use the "Installation Path Key" field.
Certificate Filepath: the Browse tool will now show *.cer;*.crt;*.cert;*.pem files.
Added the "Cerulean" skin. Redesigned the "Purples" skin and renamed it "Purpendicular".
Added the ability to delete an item from the File History at the bottom of the File menu.
The interface icons have been slightly desaturated.
Fixed: Registry Table: when adding a new row, the Action column was defaulting to "Ignore" and not "Install+Uninstall".
Fixed: Greeting dialog: the "Side Panel, No Margin" style was allowing the EULA link to run too far to the right.
Fixed: menus did not support fixed-pitch fonts.
Centurion Setup is now a 64-bit app, although the installer itself is still 32-bit and will continue to support 32-bit operating systems. This allows Centurion Setup to create larger installers. Almost all developers who build installers are using 64-bit Windows.
Added the ability to customize the color of the background and text of the installer windows. See the new "Customize Window Colors" section of the Style branch.
Added the "Font Face" setting to the Style branch. This adds the ability to control what font is used on the installer windows.
Added the "View The Registry As A 64-Bit App" option to the Registry branch. Previously, this mode was implied if the "O.S. Bitness" setting was set to 64. Now the two settings can be controlled independently. When opening an old project, the new setting will be automatically configured to prevent a change in behavior.
Source Files: the "Filename" column now supports all environment variables.
Installer Output File: added a button to this field that will launch the "Sign File" tool, with the "File To Sign" field pre-populated with the filepath of the installer.
Source Files table: added the ability to "drag select". Press and hold the left mouse button on a row in the "#" column, then move the mouse up or down to select a range of rows.
Registry: when creating a new key, the drop-down list will now show keys from the 32-bit or 64-bit view of the registry, depending on the new "View The Registry As A 64-Bit App" option.
The installer will now attempt to loosen the security restrictions on the Start Menu folder in order to avoid an "Access Denier" error.
Completion window: if the "X" caption button is clicked, any enabled completion options will be executed just as if the "Finish" button was clicked. Previously they were being ignored.
Completion: when opening the notes, history, or log, the process will not inherit the admin rights of the installer.
If the installer cannot install a desktop shortcut, this is no longer considered an incomplete installation. Desktop shortcuts are not that critical.
If a crash should occur in the worker thread that sends a vendor notification, it will no longer crash the whole process.
The "Installation Path Key" field now supports unicode.
View Install Log: if the installation folder doesn't exist, this tool will now try to use the "Installation Path Key" field.
Certificate Filepath: the Browse tool will now show *.cer;*.crt;*.cert;*.pem files.
Added the "Cerulean" skin. Redesigned the "Purples" skin and renamed it "Purpendicular".
Added the ability to delete an item from the File History at the bottom of the File menu.
The interface icons have been slightly desaturated.
Fixed: Registry Table: when adding a new row, the Action column was defaulting to "Ignore" and not "Install+Uninstall".
Fixed: Greeting dialog: the "Side Panel, No Margin" style was allowing the EULA link to run too far to the right.
Fixed: menus did not support fixed-pitch fonts.
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