Bytessence InstallMaker

Bytessence InstallMaker is a freeware installer creator targeted at individual developers or small companies who need to package their software products for internet distribution. BIM is very simple to use because it doesn't use scripts or other complicated installation mechanisms. All the installation and uninstallation details can be set up from a single program. If you don't have time to learn scripting languages and you need something quick for the software packaging job, there is a chance BIM can help you.

Screenshots

BIM's user interface	Settings page	Creating a shortcut
First page of the installer	Viewing the information	Start Menu configuration

Features

• 100% spyware and malware free
• Free for personal or corporate use
• Intuitive, multilingual interface
• Scriptless design (save time and maximize efficiency)
• Small installer overhead
• Powerful and fast ZIP compression
• No temporary files are used by the installer unlike other similar products
• Can check the operating system version, .NET framework version, running programs
• Advanced task management (create shortcuts, registry access, component registration, modify configuration files, etc.)
• Fully automated uninstaller, no configuration needed (it can also execute user-defined actions for additional uninstallation control)
• Customizable user interface for the installer (images, colours, background window, executable icon)
• Works on all major Windows(R) versions (NT4, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista)
• The installation data can be extracted with normal archivers (like 7-Zip)
• Computer restart capability
• Free e-mail support

What's new in version 4.2

• Fixed a bug where the tested installers asked to close BIM's main window when a substring from the close list matched with BIM's window title
• Fixed a bug that was preventing advanced task execution on 64 bit platforms
• Fixed a bug that was preventing the help file to be opened when BIM was started by opening a project directly
• Fixed some bugs when creating a new project (some controls wouldn't reset correctly)
• Added a new command line script compiler
• Added version entry to the program name (for Add/Remove panel)
• Added new parameters for the file association advanced task
• Added new translations: German, Spanish (complete) and Finnish, Japanese, Portuguese (installer only)
• Added possibility to exclude certain files from being replaced (if they exist)
• The start menu uninstallation shortcut will show the Add/Remove uninstaller icon (if specified on the uninstaller settings page)
• The window size and position are both saved and restored at program startup

Downloading BIM

You can download BIM from the following links. Please uninstall older versions before installing the current build to avoid any problems. If you want to link to the download, please link to this page instead of the file directly. Thank you.

Version	Release date	Size	File type	Download
4.2	13 April 2009	1948 KB	Executable installer	Download

Additional files

BIM is available in the following languages:

Translation	Author	Download
Swedish	Lasse C.	Download here
English	Bytessence	Included in the main package
Finnish (installer)	Samu Voutilainen	Included in the main package
German	Matthias Broscheit	Included in the main package
Japanese (Installer)	Vijay Atwater Vanness	Included in the main package
Portuguese/Brasilian (installer)	Hélio Márcio	Included in the main package
Romanian	Bytessence	Included in the main package
Russian	Popov Evgeniy Alekseevich	Included in the main package
Spanish	Thissvald Guillermo	Included in the main package

If you wish to contribute with language files you can translate the files from the Localization folder of your BIM installation. Please send them via e-mail and they will be published here. Note that Unicode is not supported anymore. If you translate the program make sure to save the file as ANSI using the proper code page.