2024-03-27 14:00
I guess that you sometimes when using Visual Installer are in the situation that you need to add more files from a source folder that already has been used in Visual Installer’s file l… Read More
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SamLogic Software’s official blog. In this blog we publish information about software and other computer related topics.
2024-02-15 14:00
You can open different kinds of document types from buttons in menu interfaces created with the CD-Menu Creator and USB Menu Creator tools. One document type that can be opened are Excel doc… Read More
2024-01-06 14:00
Below you can find top lists with SamLogic’s most read articles, tips, blog posts and newsletter issues, and most viewed videos, during 2023. Click on a link below to view the contents… Read More
2024-01-05 10:41
We have an international newsletter that is targeted for our international customers where we publish information and news related to our products and our company. We send the newsletter abo… Read More
2023-12-15 10:24
Christmas is fast approaching and it’s time to send Christmas cards to friends, acquaintances, customers and other contacts. With the e-mail newsletter tool SamLogic MultiMailer, you c… Read More
2023-11-12 14:00
In the menu creation tools CD-Menu Creator and USB Menu Creator there is a function you can use to place buttons in groups and add a title to each group. If you have many buttons in a menu t… Read More
2023-10-26 13:09
Today it is very important to code sign binary files (for example .EXE and .DLL files) that is distributed to other computers. By code signing your files you will protect your files against… Read More
2023-09-20 14:00
Using one and the same font in a software with all versions of Windows, graphic cards, displays and DPI settings, and expecting the result always to be perfect, is nearly an impossible missi… Read More
2023-09-01 14:00
If you have bought a Standard or a Professional version of Visual Installer, MultiMailer or Media Tools, but want to upgrade to the Enterprise version of the product and get access to more f… Read More
2023-07-10 14:00
SamLogic Media Tools / Enterprise is a new product suite for developers, marketers and informers. 1 year technical support & updates are included for all software in the suite. It contai… Read More
2023-06-27 14:00
There is now an update of SamLogic Visual Installer 2022 available. The version number is 12.0.10, and we have fixed some bugs and made som minor improvements in the new version. We have als… Read More
2023-06-27 13:00
In the previous two blog posts we described how to run a program or show a document after an installation, when running a setup package created with Visual Installer. It is also possible to… Read More
2023-06-18 13:12
In this blog post that we posted last week on our blog we described how to run a program after that an installation (created with Visual Installer) is completed. It is also possible to show… Read More
2023-06-08 14:00
Sometimes there is a need to start a program immediately after the installation. This is possible with our installation tool Visual Installer.
If the program that you want to run is included… Read More
2023-05-29 11:55
SamLogic Software has moved to a new office in a new location, and we have changed our postal and visitor address to the following:
New postal address:
SamLogic Software
Koriandergrand 6
135… Read More
2023-03-22 14:00
There is now an update of SamLogic MultiMailer 2022 available. The version number is 10.5.30, and some of the news and improvements in this version are:
– More secure encryption for da… Read More
2023-02-28 14:00
Do you want to use a larger font size for the button’s tip text in a menu interface created with CD-Menu Creator or USB Menu Creator? This is possible.
When you hover the mouse pointe… Read More
2023-01-30 14:00
Does your computer or Wi-Fi feels slow? Below are links to some informative tip articles that will help you to improve the performance of your computer and your Wi-Fi:
Computer:
Microsoft:1… Read More
2023-01-16 14:00
Below you can find top lists with SamLogic’s most read articles, tips, blog posts and newsletter issues, and most viewed videos, during 2022. Click on a link below to view the contents… Read More
2023-01-14 12:46
We have an international newsletter that is targeted for our international customers where we publish information and news related to our products and our company. We send the newsletter abo… Read More
2023-01-13 16:40
The e-mail/newsletter delivery tool MultiMailer uses different servers for different purposes. Besides the e-mail delivery server (which is primary handled by Amazon SES) MultiMailer uses th… Read More
2022-12-15 14:00
Christmas is fast approaching and it’s time to send Christmas cards to friends, acquaintances, customers and other contacts. With the e-mail newsletter tool MultiMailer, you can both c… Read More
2022-11-20 11:36
When you send a newsletter, it is always useful to know how many have opened the newsletter. This is a way to see if the newsletter reach the receivers inboxes or if it is filtered out by sp… Read More
2022-11-05 14:00
In this blog post we informed how to insert and update a table in a newsletter in MultiMailer. There is another function available in MultiMailer that reminds of the table function, but is m… Read More
2022-11-04 14:00
Our e-mail/newsletter application MultiMailer can be used to create and send all kind of emails and newsletters. MultiMailer have many powerful built-in functions and one such a function is… Read More
2022-10-03 12:28
In the Enterprise version of Visual Installer 2022 it is possible to build a setup package without any interaction with a graphical user interface. The build process is invisible, and you us… Read More
2022-09-28 14:05
If you only send small amounts of e-mail, it is possible to use a Google Gmail server for your mailings when you use our e-mail delivery application MultiMailer. However, some functions in M… Read More
2022-08-24 15:03
SamLogic USB AutoRun Creator has been updated. It now supports Windows 11 and all binary files has been code signed with a 4096 bits digital certificate from Sectigo. This makes the product… Read More
2022-08-24 14:13
SamLogic USB AutoRun Creator is a tool from SamLogic Software that enables AutoRun for USB flash drives and SD memory cards. This infographic shows how USB AutoRun Creator works when used wi… Read More
2022-08-15 13:41
A new version of our menu designer tool CD-Menu Creator has now been released. The name of the new version is SamLogic CD-Menu Creator 2022, and some of the new features in the new version a… Read More
2022-06-05 14:00
In this blog post we described how to check if Microsoft Access is installed in a computer by using script code in Visual Installer. But if you want to check if a specific version of Access… Read More
2022-06-05 13:00
In this blog post we describe how to use a conditional check in Visual Installer’s scripting language to see which version of Microsoft Access that is installed in a computer. The cond… Read More
2022-03-31 07:00
We have now released a new version of our e-mail / newsletter tool MultiMailer. The name of the new version is SamLogic MultiMailer 2022 and some new features in the new version are:
•… Read More
2022-03-31 06:30
There are three versions available of MultiMailer 2022: Standard, Professional and Enterprise. Below we will describe what the differences are between the three versions of our email / newsl… Read More
2022-02-07 14:00
We have now released a new version of our installation tool Visual Installer. The name of the new version is SamLogic Visual Installer 2022 and the version number is 12.0. Some new features… Read More
2022-02-07 13:30
Starting with Visual Installer 2022, there is now an Enterprise version of the installation tool available. The Enterprise version of Visual Installer contains some extra functions that are… Read More
2022-02-07 13:00
If you add more than one shortcut to the Start menu in Windows during an installation, and one of the shortcuts is used to open your main application and the other shortcuts are used to open… Read More
2022-02-07 12:30
The installer in Visual Installer now displays the filename of every file that is registered during the registration process. If you have many files in your file list that need to be registe… Read More
2022-02-07 12:00
In this blog post we described how to check if Microsoft Office is installed in a computer during an installation. But what if Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint is installed, but not M… Read More
2022-01-03 14:05
We have an international newsletter that is targeted for our international customers where we publish information and news related to our products and our company. We send the newsletter abo… Read More
2021-12-22 14:00
Code signed binary files (for example .EXE and .DLL files) are very important to keep a high security level and prevent any attempts to tamper with the binary files after distribution. For t… Read More
2021-10-31 12:14
We have now got an Instagram account. If you want to visit SamLogic Software’s Instagram account, click on the link below:
> Instagram – SamLogic Software Read More
2021-10-29 14:00
Assume that you have 64 bit version of a program that you want to be run in 64 bit Windows and a 32 bit version of a the same program that you want to be run in 32 bit Windows only. How do y… Read More
2021-09-04 14:00
Visual Installer’s editor and user interface is configurable to some degree. If you choose the Special – Editor options menu option in Visual Installer’s editor, a dialog b… Read More
2021-07-31 14:00
It is possible to display a text message during an installation (that is created with Visual Installer). You can do it via Visual Installer’s script language. There are two commands av… Read More
2021-05-21 14:00
There are some common questions about destination folders for binary files (EXE, DLL, OCX files etc.) in Visual Installer that we sometimes get asked from our customers. You will find the qu… Read More
2021-04-30 11:53
Visual Installer supports installation of VB6 applications, and most VB6 applications use ActiveX components. An ActiveX component is an easy way to give applications access to powerful fun… Read More
2021-02-28 13:59
There are some common questions about titles in Visual Installer that we get then and then from new customers. You will find the questions and answers below, and if you are new to Visual Ins… Read More
2021-02-28 13:59
There are some common questions about titles in Visual Installer that we get then and then from new customers. You will find the questions and answers below, and if you are new to Visual Ins… Read More
2021-02-20 14:00
There is a built-in script language available in Visual Installer. The script language is very versatile and with the script commands you can do different kind of file operations and other t… Read More
2020-12-30 14:00
We have an international newsletter that is targeted for our international customers where we publish information and news related to our products and our company. We send the newsletter abo… Read More
2020-12-04 12:36
Visual Installer is a very flexible setup tool and has built-in support for installation of AutoCAD profiles for Autodesk AutoCAD. Visual Installer can create a named profile for AutoCAD di… Read More
2020-11-30 15:58
We have published two articles on our website that explains what DKIM and DMARC are and why it is good to add them to your domain name (if you have not done it yet). It is especially import… Read More
2020-11-22 10:42
We have published many tips for our tools on our website, and in a special newsletter series we have listed links to more than 100 tips for Visual Installer and CD-Menu Creator / USB Menu Cr… Read More
2020-10-22 15:07
Spammers often try to use false domain names in the sender’s e-mail address, and to prevent this happen, a technology called SPF can used. By utilizing SPF you can reduce the risk of a… Read More
2020-09-16 20:39
If you are going to distribute a Microsoft Access database with Visual Installer, you probably want to install a corresponding Access runtime engine also, in the end-users’ computers… Read More
2020-07-21 10:33
The Visual Installer editor contains 6 main tabs: File list, Design, Dialog boxes, Registry, INI files, and Components. But some of these tabs can be hidden if you never use them.
The follow… Read More
2020-05-12 14:00
With the CD-Menu Creator menu designer tool you can create a graphical menu interface that contains more than 40 buttons. This allows your customer to open many documents, applications or su… Read More
2020-04-02 16:44
For many years Visual Installer have had built-in functionality to create an installation for a Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic .NET application, and in the latest version of Visual Insta… Read More
2020-03-16 14:00
If you quickly need to inform customers, suppliers and your employees, what measures the company has taken to deal with the coronavirus then e-mail is a very effective way. We have therefore… Read More
2020-02-16 14:00
Sometimes a file need to be deleted during an installation, but it can not be done because of the file is active and locked by the system. To handle this we have added a new script command t… Read More
2020-02-12 14:00
You can now in CD-Menu Creator set an absolute position for a title, subtitle and button group title. In the latest update of CD-Menu Creator we have added this functionality.
Normally the X… Read More
2019-12-30 14:00
We have an international newsletter that is targeted for our international customers where we publish information and news related to our products and our company. We send the newsletter abo… Read More
2019-11-25 17:32
A common problem when copying formatted text from Word to a HTML editor or to an e-mail / newsletter editor is that a lot of Word / Office specific tags follows, which creates problem in the… Read More
2019-10-31 21:14
Did you knew that there are tips & tricks pages available for our programs? In the tips & tricks pages we show how to use the software in different circumstances, and we describe som… Read More
2019-08-20 14:00
We have now released a new version of our setup tool SamLogic Visual Installer. The name of the new version is SamLogic Visual Installer 2020 and the version number is 11.8. Some new feature… Read More
2019-08-20 12:00
A new version of our menu designer tool CD-Menu Creator has now been released. The name of the new version is SamLogic CD-Menu Creator 2020, and some of the new features in the new version a… Read More
2019-06-02 13:00
You may already know that if you press the F5 key on your keyboard or choose the List – Refresh List menu item in Visual Installer’s editor, the contents of the file list (in the… Read More
2019-05-15 13:00
You can now order our products with a 24 months download protection. When you include a 24 months download protection with your order, you can download the software whenever you want in a pe… Read More
2019-04-28 13:00
Normally when a user runs an installation, the installer will ask for a destination folder. A default folder name and folder path is shown, but the user can usually change the folder name an… Read More
2019-03-15 13:00
The CD-Menu Creator editor contains 8 main tabs, from where the most of the work to create a menu interface is made from. The last (the rightmost) tab is the Version tab.
In this tab you can… Read More
2019-02-12 13:00
Before you actually create an installation package on your hard drive or USB stick, with Visual Installer, you can test it. You can step through all steup dialog boxes in your project and si… Read More
2018-12-30 13:00
We have an international newsletter that is targeted for our international customers where we publish information and news related to our products and our company. We send the newsletter abo… Read More
2018-12-24 21:00
SamLogic Software wishes all our customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Read More
2018-11-28 13:00
Sometimes it is necessary to change source folder paths for a group of files in Visual Installer’s file list. This is necessary if for example some files have been moved to another fol… Read More
2018-10-29 13:00
In Visual Installer you can choose whether you want to add shortcuts (icons) for the Windows account that is used to install your files, or for all Windows accounts in the computer.
Mostly t… Read More
2018-09-11 13:00
Nowadays it is very important to code sign installation packages. This increases the security and gives less warning messages in Windows and in web browsers.
Since many years back our setup… Read More
2018-07-15 13:00
The XRUN script command in Visual Installer has been updated and extended to handle two more parameters: %OS and %Bitness. These two parameters are optional and allows you to specify in whic… Read More
2018-06-28 13:00
A date field has been added to the Version tab in CD-Menu Creator’s editor. This new field will be automatically updated with the date of the last creation of the menu. Every time you… Read More
2018-05-31 15:40
As of May 25, SamLogic Software has a new Privacy Policy. You can read the new Privacy Policy on this page:
> SamLogic Software – Privacy Policy Read More
2018-05-21 13:00
We have included some new menu interface examples in CD-Menu Creator 2018. Below you can see two of the new menu examples:
You can use the menu examples as inspiration for your own menu pro… Read More
2018-05-20 13:00
The User Options setup dialog box in Visual Installer has been updated to also support radio buttons. So you can now choose if you want to use check boxes or radio buttons in the installatio… Read More
2018-05-09 13:00
Using one and the same font in a software with all versions of Windows, graphic cards, displays and DPI settings, and expecting the result always to be perfect, is nearly an impossible missi… Read More
2018-04-27 15:00
We have now released a new version of our setup tool SamLogic Visual Installer. The name of the new version is SamLogic Visual Installer 2018 and the version number is 11.5. Some new feature… Read More
2018-04-27 13:00
A new version of our menu designer tool CD-Menu Creator has now been released. The name of the new version is SamLogic CD-Menu Creator 2018, and some of the new features in the new version a… Read More
2018-03-24 13:00
Sometimes it is necessary to write-protect a file after it has been installed on a hard drive. If you use Visual Installer to install your files, this is very easy done if you follow these s… Read More
2018-02-28 13:00
When you install a software it can sometimes be useful to remember the installation date. In Visual Installer you can do it by using the %DATE variable, which retrieves the current date from… Read More
2018-01-31 13:00
With the SETPERM script command in Visual Installer’s script language you can change permissions for a folder on the user’s hard disk during an installation. But what happen with… Read More
2017-12-30 13:00
We have an international newsletter that is targeted for our international customers where we publish information and news related to our products and our company. We send the newsletter abo… Read More
2017-11-30 14:00
If you already have created a folder structure on your hard drive, with the files that you want to install, and want to create a similar folder structure on the destination drive, there is a… Read More
2017-11-29 13:00
With the Add tree function in Visual Installer you can add a folder structure including files to Visual Installer’s file list in an easy way. It is also possible to add a folder struct… Read More
2017-10-12 13:47
We have added new conditions to Visual Installer’s script language that can be used to:
• check whether Microsoft Office is installed in the computer or not
• check if the in… Read More
2017-10-11 13:00
When using the script language in Visual Installer, it may sometimes be useful to see in detail what happen when the script lines are executed. To get detailed information about the executio… Read More
2017-09-23 11:50
Do you use SamLogic Visual Installer to create installation packages for your .NET applications and .NET components? If yes, then you should check the following two tips that we have publish… Read More
2017-08-30 13:00
If you have documents (for example PDF or Word documents) that you want to distribute to other people via a CD, DVD or USB flash drive, CD-Menu Creator is the right tool for you. You can cre… Read More
2017-08-30 11:00
In this blog post we explained how to protect a document with a password and how to store it encrypted on a CD, DVD or USB flash drive. Sometimes it may be useful to only have the document e… Read More
2017-07-25 13:00
In Visual Installer 2017 it is possible to block specific license keys from be accepted during an installation. This is useful when using prime number based license keys because they are cre… Read More
2017-07-10 13:00
Sometimes an installed program must be run with administrator rights when it is started. This gives the program more privileges, which sometimes is necessary to make a program function as ex… Read More
2017-06-30 13:00
Before AutoRun can work with USB flash drives in a computer, our AutoRun driver must be installed in the computer. You can distribute the AutoRun driver with your USB stick or you can let th… Read More
2017-05-31 11:00
Normally you create a link between a menu button and a specific file on the disc or USB stick by specifying a file path to the file. For example: ‘Files\Button1\MyDoc.doc‘. When… Read More
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