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 InstallShield
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Overview
If your software targets Windows®, InstallShield® is your solution. It makes it easy to author reliable Windows Installer (MSI) and InstallScript installations and App-V™ virtual packages for Windows platforms, including the new Windows 7, keeping your customers happy and your support costs down. For over 20 years, InstallShield has been the gold standard for Windows software installations, used by virtually every major software company in the world.
Editions
-> Premier
-Avoid common installation issues—Validators in the InstallShield Best Practices Validation Suite alert you if your installation violates any best practices guidelines.
-Maintain a clean build system—With the Standalone Build engine, you can use only the part of InstallShield that compiles installations.
-Improve your end user's experience—With refreshed end-user dialog designs.
-Easily convert legacy installations into MSI packages—With InstallShield Repackager, you can easily create MSI packages.
-Localize your installation—InstallShield's multilingual support lets you create installations for 35 runtime languages from one installation project.
-Quickly roll out new installations—With network repositories, it's now easy to build a repository of common elements that multiple installation authors can access and reuse in projects.
-Create trial versions without modifying code—With the try-and-die type of trialware's simple configuration changes, you can easily offer potential customers a fully functional. Trial version of your product (After the predetermined trial limit has been reached on an end user's machine, the trial version automatically expires).
-Save time with the IIS Scanner—Only the Premier Edition allows you to import the IIS data from an existing Web site into your InstallShield project automatically using the IIS Scanner.
-> Professional
-Reduce development time — Quickly and easily build your installations by moving pieces of an existing project (dialogs, custom actions, or features) to another installation project; create and manage re-usable project outlines so you don't have to start your installations from scratch.
-Easily customize your installations — Modify the layout of existing end-user dialogs; manage multiple product versions, allowing specific features to be included in a release via user-defined flags; and much more.
-Better control your installations with InstallScript — Add InstallScript custom actions to your MSI projects or create InstallScript projects that control your entire installation.
-Get advanced support for latest technologies — .NET Framework 3.5, IIS 7.0, Windows Server 2008 R2, Direct X 9.0c, Windows Mobile platforms, and more; edit XML files; and add 64-bit support to your installations.
-Validate your installations for Windows 7— Ensure your software installs and runs reliably on Windows 7.
-> Express
-Easy to learn and use –The Express Edition sizably reduces the time required for setup authors to successfully complete installation projects. It also lets experienced developers save time by more efficiently jumpstarting new projects.
-Fits into any budget –The Express Edition is ideal for software developers and setup authors looking for a cost-effective solution for creating reliable Windows Installer (MSI) installations.
-Available in different languages –The Express Edition is available in English and Japanese to offer developers the flexibility to build in their own language.
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