Inno setup software 

This isn't actually one of my downloads but so associated with VB6 project distribution that I thought it fits in best here.

Inno Setup provides a scripting language to compile a setup program for Windows applications.

For Visual Basic users, this is a useful and very versitile alternative to the "Package & Deployment Wizard", (PDW), particularly for packages with a large number of files. One of the main problems with PDW is that files have to be added one-at-time to the basic selection and there is no easy facility to create sub-folders in the installed package.

Inno allows both of these problems to be solved and has a host of other facilities not available with PDW. In fact, my only criticism is that there are so many possibilities that there is a very steep learning curve.

• Inno Setup is a freeware package which can be downloaded from here
• The on-line help file is available here
• There is also an independent project translation package, InnoScript, from Randem Systems available here

For anyone who's interested, I've outlined my use of Inno Setup for VB6 packages on this linked page.