The General tab controls basic options for the Setup Factory design environment, such as the temporary files location, default output folder, and startup options.
The folder on your hard drive where temporary files will be stored during the building process.
The default output folder for all new Setup Factory projects. The output folder for the current project can be changed on the Project Settings dialog.
These options affect what happens when new files are added to a Setup Factory project. Note: changing these options has no effect on any files that have already been added to your project.
If checked, any files that are added to your project and have a file extension found in this field will automatically be marked to have a shortcut created for them at run time. Note: you can turn off the Create shortcut in Start Menu option for an individual file later if you wish.
This field accepts a semi-colon delimited list of extensions. For example: "exe;hlp;chm;bat;com"
If checked, any files that are added to your project and have the .ttf extension (i.e. a TrueType Font file) will automatically be registered and activated as fonts on the users system at run time.
If checked, any .dll or .ocx files that are added to your project will automatically be scanned to see if they support registration (i.e., whether they have the DllRegisterServer function available). If the file does support registration, the DllRegisterServer option will be checked for that file on the Advanced tab of the File Properties screen.
If checked, the files on the Setup Factory main screen will be sorted (and therefore grouped) by their file extensions. All of the .exe files will be grouped together, for example. This can make it easier to modify the file properties for many of the same types of files at once.
If checked, you will be asked to confirm whether you want to start the build process before the build process begins. If unchecked, the build process will begin immediately whenever you initiate a build.
This section determines what should happen when the Setup Factory design environment is launched. Choose from:
If selected, the Welcome screen will be displayed upon startup. This option is enabled by default.
If selected, the last project that you worked on will be opened at startup.
If selected, a new project will automatically be created at startup.
See Also: Project Settings, File Properties