Technical details

Lexpa uses an excellent open source free installer for Windows programs called Inno Setup developed by Jordan Russell. For more information about creating Inno Setup scripts, visit Inno Setup website.

Lexpa prerequisites

• Any of Visual Studio 2005 editions except Express editions.

Quick Start

• Download and run lexpa.setup.exe
• Follow setup instructions to install Lexpa on your computer
• Run Visual Studio 2005 and run command File -> New -> Project
• Select Lexpa Projects group in appearing New Project dialog
• Select Inno Setup Project and click OK to create a new project
• Run command Build -> Build Solution (or use CTRL+SHIFT+B shortcut instead) to build the project*
• Open the project folder and look at the bin sub folder - you will find the resulting setup.exe here
• Run it to test the created setup file
• That’s all! You have just created the simplest ‘hello world!’ setup with Lexpa! Enjoy!

* NOTE: the first time you build Lexpa project, you will need the license.key file. You can request it by filling the form on the download page

Need more help?

Please, do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!