Visual & Installer
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About
Visual & Installer is a Visual Studio extension for creating NSIS installers. It integrates NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) with Microsoft Visual Studio IDE and allows you to create and build NSIS projects right within Visual Studio getting all benefits of common integrated environment!
Key features:
- Full integration into Visual Studio IDE
- New project types: NSIS Project
- Wizards for creating new projects
- Build installers directly with other project types
- Complete integration to the solution build process
- NSIS Project properties
- Syntax highlighting
- IntelliSense Complete Word support
- Quick jump from Error List window
- Hints and tips for writing scripts
- Support for Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017
- Full version control system support
- Code optimizations
- Dynamic help system
- Find and Rename References
- Code Snippets
- Go To, Open File, fast navigation in script
- MessageBox designer
- Dark Theme support
Additional features
Visual & Installer installation package also contains Graphical Installer Wizard - optional tool for creating cool-looking skinned NSIS and Inno Setup installers (based on Graphical Installer) directly in Visual Studio. With it whole installer can be created by a few clicks - No manual writing is necessary!
Graphical Installer Wizard - Features:
- Create cool-skinned installers directly from your favourite IDE!
- Support for NSIS and Inno Setup
- Create new installers
- Convert existing projects
- Build installers directly with other project types
- Intuitive and user friendly GUI
- Visual Studio toolbars for fast work
- No manual writing of scripts necessarry!
