Advanced Installer 9.0.1 Build 43678

Advanced Installer 9.0.1 Build 43678 is considered as a handy as well as reliable Windows Installer authoring tool. Install, update and configure your products safely, securely and reliably.

Major Features:

1. Basic Installer Features
2. • Installer and Uninstaller
   • • Create packages that completely install and register, respectively uninstall and unregister, your application.
   • Always valid MSI 2.0/3.x/4.x/5.0 packages
   • • Each written and unwritten Windows Installer rule, recommendation and best practice is carefully followed.
   • Wizard for Simple Project creation
   • • Use the provided wizard to create complete Windows Installer MSI installs in mere minutes.
   • Add/Remove (Control Panel) customization
   • • Customize your application's information listed in the "Add/Remove Programs" page of the Control Panel.
   • Per-user and per-machine installs
   • • Select which type of installation better suits your needs: per-user or per-machine if the user is Administrator.
   • Limit to Basic UI
   • • For unassisted or automated installs: display only a progress dialog and the eventual error message boxes.
   • Project files in XML format
   • • They can be easily checked into a version control system and shared between multiple developers.
   • Template projects
   • • Create templates based on your current project and ready-to-use for your future projects.
   • Command line mode execution
   • • Build your release packages in a completely automated script, like Make, Ant or NAnt.
   • Context sensitive help and tutorials
   • • Illustrated, integrated help and tutorials are provided for a simple and user-friendly learning of the application.
   • 64-bit packages
   • • Create packages that run and install on 32-bit processors or on the latest 64-bit CPUs from Intel and AMD.
   • Optionally force rebooting
   • • Prompt the user for a reboot even after a successful install, supporting sensitive components that require it.
   • Formatted fields
   • • Use variables and parameters almost anywhere in your installs. They will be resolved at build or run time.
   • Visual formatted editing
   • • Edit controls for Formatted fields offer reference auto-completion, highlight, errors and resolved value hints.
   • Run and log MSIs
   • • Launch your MSI package while printing the full Windows Installer log. Syntax highlighting and log summary.
   • Windows 7/Vista and UAC installs
   • • Create installs that run flawlessly on Windows 7/Vista, targeting its features and supporting its security model.
   • Visual Studio Integration
   • • Use the Advanced Installer Visual Studio extension to easily access your installer directly from your IDE.
   • Build cache
   • • Enjoy faster development and quicker installer build times with by caching and reusing unchanged archives.
   • Files and folders
   • • Install and uninstall files, create and remove folders, set attributes. Visually define your distribution tree.
   • Create shortcuts
   • • Shortcuts to your files, external files, commands, URLs. Placed anywhere: Desktop, Start Programs menu, etc.
   • Registry keys and entries
   • • Install and uninstall; create or import them from your Registry or REG files straight into your MSI package.
   • Environment variables
   • • User or system environment variables to be created, appended or prepended to existing ones upon install.
   • Font registration
   • • Register fonts into the OS, specify registration names for non-TrueType fonts.
   • Auto register files
   • • Auto registration, for files that support it (such as DLLs and OCXs), can be scheduled at install time.
   • Merge Modules into your installation
   • • Create self-contained MSI packages, by including and configuring the required merge modules.
3. Application Resources
   • Upgrading older installs automatically
   • • Older versions of your product found on the user's machine can be removed before installing the newer one.
   • Prevent installs of older over newer versions
   • • Advanced Installer will not let the user install older packages over newer ones.
   • Side-by-side installs
   • • Create packages (for different versions of your application) that can be installed simultaneously and run side by side.
4. Handling Versions
   • Prevent installing on unsupported OS's
   • • Easily specify which Operating Systems are supported, preventing the installation on the other ones.
   • MSI launch conditions
   • • Conditions that have to be met (applications, frameworks, files, versions, etc.) in order for your package to run.
   • User friendly condition editor
   • • Quickly and easily edit Windows Installer conditions with operators, operands and predefined examples.
5. Installer Conditions
   • Import Visual Studio Setup projects
   • • Quickly convert your existing Microsoft Visual Studio Setup projects to Advanced Installer.
   • Import InstallShield LE projects
   • • Quickly upgrade your existing Visual Studio 2010 InstallShield LE installer projects to Advanced Installer.
   • Import WiX projects
   • • Leverage existing installer projects while accessing the numerous Advanced Installer features and capabilities.
   • MSI/MSM import
   • • Import third party MSI installers and MSM merge modules into your own Advanced Installer Projects.
   • Import Inno Setup projects
   • • Switch to Windows Installer easier than ever before. Move to MSI setups without wasting the effort already spent.
   • Import NSIS projects
   • • Switch your NSIS projects to Windows Installer. Enjoy Advanced Installer's ease of use and wealth of features.
6. Import
   • Single, self-contained MSI installs
   • • Create a single MSI package that contains bundled everything required to install your application.
   • Unpacked installations
   • • The files stay unbundled next to the MSI file, suited for regular installs or to run directly from (CD, DVD) source.
   • Archive files into CABs
   • • Your application resources can be archived into CAB files, compressed (for size) or uncompressed (for speed).
   • Smart Cabbing
   • • Automatically checks that files with the same source are included only once in the generated CAB file.
   • Online installs
   • • The MSI packages can be launched from an URL, either directly by the user or by the EXE bootstrapper (in Pro edition).
7. Delivery Options

Requirements:

• Hardware
• • Minimum
  • • Pentium 4 class CPU
    • 512 MB RAM
    • 1024x768 screen resolution
    • 256 MB hard drive space
  • Recommended
  • • Core 2 class CPU
    • 1 GB RAM
    • 1600x1200 screen resolution
    • 2 GB hard drive space
• Software
• • Minimum
  • • Windows XP Service Pack 3
    • Windows Installer 2.0
  • Recommended
  • • Windows 7
    • Windows Installer 5.x
    • Latest Windows Platform SDK