Inno Setup Script

File Format
Name	Inno Setup Script
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Development Inno Setup Script
Extension(s)	.iss
Released	1997

Inno Setup Script is a scripting/configuration language used by Inno Setup, a program written by Jordan Russel that generates Windows installers. A script is combined with several other files (mostly constituting the actual program that will be installed) to form the installer, a Portable Executable file. (For information on the generated files, see Inno Setup self-extracting archive.)

The current script format uses "a new script syntax" introduced alongside a conversion tool in version 1.1 (1999?). There does not seem to be any remaining public information on the old syntax.

Identification

There is no hard format for scripts, but most can be expected to have the "Setup" and "Files" sections, which start with lines consisting of [Setup] and [Files], respectively.

Software

• Inno Setup
  • Compiler source on Github
• Various 3rd-party tools
  • Old page

Sample files

• Examples on Github (Also contained within any Inno Setup installation.)
• dexvert samples — other/innoSetupScript

Links

• Documentation

See Also

• Inno Setup self-extracting archive
• Inno Setup ISL
• Install Maker
• NSIS Script