Installer stub

Conversely, the bit Setup variation can also fully install bit applications as well as bit applications. The available Setup stubs changed in InstallMate 9. Documentation for InstallMate 9. It implements all installer functionality in a bit executable that runs on both bit and bit Windows platforms. It will also detect WoW64 situations i. Using InstallMate Setup. Setup stubs The "Setup stub" is the actual installer that is included in the installation package.

It implements all installer functionality in an x64 executable that only runs on x64 Windows systems. Currently there are two completely different layouts, one for release and another for all other brandings, and the two differ only in this CSS file and in the background image file also in the branding directory. The most severe constraint on the web UI is that the browser engine must be configured to run in Internet Explorer 8 mode.

This is because the installer must run correctly on an unpatched Windows 7 installation with no service packs or other updates, and that is the version of IE that such an installation provides. The size of the window is difficult to change, and doing so would affect all brandings and require redesigning the background art, so changing that should be avoided.

Care should be taken to make sure that accessibility is maintained, and best practices for web accessibility should be followed. For example, the installing page contains a progress bar. Because this is an inherently inaccessible design, appropriate ARIA attributes are used so that the control is presented to accessibility tools as a real progress bar.