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Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

Stryder33345 — Thu, 19 May 2016 18:24:11 GMT

Hi All I have recently completed an addin for inventor and I am ready to deploy the program for use in my work for further testing. Can anyone tell me or give me a link to how I can publish my addin to an .msi or .exe file for deployment using Visual Studio Community 2015 ? Thanks in Advance Ben Inventor 2016 Visual Studio Community 2015

Re: Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

pball — Thu, 19 May 2016 20:29:59 GMT

I'm actually using a self extracting 7zip archive to install my addin. It works well for me. If you're open to try this I can post detailed instructions.

If you need an msi or real exe installer I can't help out.

Re: Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

Stryder33345 — Fri, 20 May 2016 05:43:53 GMT

Thanks for the reply, Im up for trying that for now.

Re: Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

pball — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:16:29 GMT

Here is how I make a 7zip self extracting archive.

General instructions on making a 7zip sfx archive

http://www.region3dfg.org/comp/7zipsfx

My personal config file

;!@Install@!UTF-8!
Title="MISC Addin"
BeginPrompt="Do you want to install MISC Addin v0.1.1?"
FinishMessage="Finished installing MISC Addin"
InstallPath="%appdata%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\MISC"
OverwriteMode="0"
GUIMode="2"
;!@InstallEnd@

Batch script to make creating the exe easier

@echo off
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -t7z MISC_Addin.7z Autodesk.MISC.Inventor.addin MISC.dll
echo.
copy /b 7zsd.sfx + config.txt + MISC_Addin.7z MISC_Addin.exe
echo.
del MISC_Addin.7z
pause

If you have any specific questions let me know.

NOTE: Newer versions of 7-zip don't include the 7zsd.sfx file, get version 9.20
https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z920_extra.7z

Re: Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

Rahul.Khande — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:10:58 GMT

Thank you !!

Re: Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

jose_loaiza5W6L6 — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 14:04:30 GMT

Hello
Im trying to do these steps however I have an error, the file 7zsd.sfx not found, anyone can help me? how can I generate this file?
Thank you

Re: Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

bradeneuropeArthur — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:46:01 GMT

I use "Inno Setup Compiler" to create my installers...

Re: Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

pball — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:15:28 GMT

@jose_loaiza5W6L6
Newer versions of 7zip seem to have removed 7zsd.sfx for some reason. 7-Zip 9.20 is the newest version with the required files. There is a direct link below or you can look for version 9.20. I personally keep a copy of 9.20 just for creating install files and use a more recent version for everyday tasks.

https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z920_extra.7z

Re: Inventor Add in Publish to MSI or exe

jose_loaiza5W6L6 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:40:30 GMT

Thank you so much, for your help, that was I needed.