What Information Do You Need from the User?

The final step in planning your software installation is to consider what information you will need from the user, and what information you will need from the user's system. For example, in order to personalize your software or register it to a specific user, you may want to ask the user to provide their name on a User Information screen. Or, you may want to ask the user for a serial number on a Verify Serial Number screen.

If you need to gather information from the user's system, you might be able to use a built-in variable. For example, if you want to know the user's company name, you could try using the built-in variable %RegOrganization%.

Otherwise, you can use one of several sleuth-worthy Setup Factory actions to query the Registry or investigate any other part of the user's system that the installer has access to.

See Also: Getting Started, Screens