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Advanced Installer | Advanced Installer - NewsAdvanced Installer 6.3 releasedMay 7th, 2008 - Wednesday The 6.3 version delivers tremendous time-saving features for game developers: one-click integration in Windows Vista'sGames Explorer and registration in Windows Media Center. [...]
Advanced Installer 6.2 releasedMarch 6th, 2008 - Thursday The 6.2 version focuses on further shortening the time required to create new MSI installers. Import your existing Eclipse projects for your Java products, take advantage of the new wizards to quickly create unified 32/64-bit installers, save ready-to-use templates for your future projects. [...]
Advanced Installer 6.1.1 releasedJanuary 31st, 2008 - Thursday
Advanced Installer 6.1 releasedDecember 18th, 2007 - Tuesday Starting with the 6.1 version you can create unified 32/64-bit installers for simpler deployment and lower maintenance costs. The installers run as 32-bit on 32-bit platforms and as 64-bit on 64-bit platforms. [...]
Advanced Installer 6.0.1 releasedNovember 21st, 2007 - Wednesday
Advanced Installer 6.0 releasedNovember 9th, 2007 - Friday Starting with the 6.0 version you can import third party MSI packages into your own Advanced Installer Projects for further editing and customization. Switching to Advanced Installer has never been easier. [...]
PatchesOctober 15th, 2007 - Monday Your ability to address customer issues in a timely and cost-effective manner is crucial to your product's success. Using Advanced Installer patches you can quickly create and distribute application fixes and improvements. [...] Advanced Installer 5.2.2 releasedSeptember 10th, 2007 - Monday
Advanced Installer 5.2.1 releasedAugust 29th, 2007 - Wednesday
Advanced Installer 5.2 releasedAugust 21st, 2007 - Tuesday The 5.2 version adds support for installing Control Panel Applets, nested IIS Virtual Directories and many other smaller features and enhancements. [...]
Advanced Installer 5.1.1 releasedJuly 16th, 2007 - Monday
Advanced Installer 5.1 releasedJuly 12th, 2007 - Thursday The 5.1 version adds support for sequencing patches, specifying custom connection strings for running SQL scripts, configuring different install parameters per each build and the ability to permit selecting the language when installing multi-language packages. [...]
Advanced Installer 5.0 releasedJune 12th, 2007 - Tuesday The 5.0 version greatly simplifies the task of creating MSI installers for applications already using other install engines by offering the ability to painlessly capture and repackage existing installations. [...]
Advanced Installer 4.9.2 releasedApril 13th, 2007 - Friday
Advanced Installer 4.9.1 releasedApril 10th, 2007 - Tuesday
Advanced Installer 4.9 releasedApril 3rd, 2007 - Tuesday The 4.9 version introduces the ability to share folders on install, support for authoring removable patches and the option to improve .Net applications performance and startup time by precompiling them to native images on install. [...]
Advanced Installer 4.8.1 releasedMarch 7th, 2007 - Wednesday
Advanced Installer 4.8 releasedMarch 6th, 2007 - Tuesday The 4.8 version delivers full CD/DVD Autorun support, complete with a Vista-compliant Autorun launcher. Other Windows Vista installer improvements are Default Programs support, digitally signing patches and enabling least-privileged patching without UAC prompts. [...]
Installer CompressionMarch 5th, 2007 - Monday An installer's packaging can vary a lot, depending on the goals it has to meet. The installer may be required to allow running the product directly from a CD or DVD, it may need to be as small as possible for quick online downloads or to be a standard MSI for corporate network deployment. Advanced Installer supports all these scenarios and more, allowing you to select the best installer compression for your situation. [...] Digital SignaturesFebruary 28th, 2007 - Wednesday Today's users and organizations are becoming increasingly wary about installing software of uncertain provenience on their computers. By digitally signing your installers and products in Advanced Installer, you will increase your user's confidence in you and your company, giving them peace of mind about your software. [...] Advanced Installer 4.7.2 releasedFebruary 16th, 2007 - Friday
Advanced Installer 4.7.1 releasedFebruary 2nd, 2007 - Friday
Vista InstallersFebruary 1st, 2007 - Thursday Microsoft Windows Vista introduced significant improvements in the areas of user interface, security and performance. Advanced Installer helps you take advantage of these new features, while making sure your installers seamlessly integrate and run without any issues on the new operating system. [...] Advanced Installer 4.7 releasedJanuary 29th, 2007 - Monday The 4.7 version greatly improves the Windows Installer Vista User Account Control (UAC) experience with automatically added (optional) shield icons on MSI dialog buttons, the ability to digitally sign any individual file included in the installation and to configure required execution levels for executable and MSI files. [...]
RSS FeedsJanuary 26th, 2007 - Friday Staying up to date with the latest installer events can be challenging, considering the fast pace things usually move at. For your convenience, Advanced Installer is now offering two free web feeds you can subscribe to. [...] Advanced Installer 4.6.4 releasedJanuary 11th, 2007 - Thursday
Advanced Installer 4.6.3 releasedJanuary 5th, 2007 - Friday
Advanced Installer 4.6.2 releasedDecember 22nd, 2006 - Friday
Advanced Installer 4.6.1 releasedDecember 19th, 2006 - Tuesday
Advanced Installer 4.6 releasedDecember 12th, 2006 - Tuesday The 4.6 version enhances the Windows Vista compatibility by adding support for IIS 7 and the Restart Manager. Also new for IIS is the anonymous access and authentication control (users and groups) support and a quick introductory tutorial. Other tutorials and how-to's on different topics were also added. [...]
Advanced Installer 4.5 releasedNovember 8th, 2006 - Wednesday Version 4.5 brings Windows Vista compatibility and support, support for database server configuration and SQL script deployment, Windows Task Scheduler, and the ability to pack features in separate CAB files for on-demand web installs. Also new is a testing tool for Windows Installer searches, a custom edit control for visually editing MSI Formatted fields and many more. [...]
Advanced Installer 4.4.1 releasedOctober 16th, 2006 - Monday
Advanced Installer 4.4 releasedOctober 3rd, 2006 - Tuesday Version 4.4 implements the LZMA compression algorithm in bootstrapper for up to 50% smaller install packages. Also new are the support for creating user accounts and groups, a dependency detector for EXE/DLL files, the Ukrainian and Czech localizations, a set of predefined launch conditions, and many more. [...]
Advanced Installer 4.3 releasedAugust 23rd, 2006 - Wednesday Version 4.3 improves the IIS support with conditional installs, MIME types configuration, default document list specification and an error policy when attempting to install already existing entities. Also new are the multi-file custom actions, temporary installation files, multi-volume data DVD support and an wizard to create Launch Conditions based on searches. [...]
Advanced Installer 4.2 releasedJuly 24th, 2006 - Monday Version 4.2 improves the Dialog Editor with a full billboard editor, a repository for dialog sharing and clipboard support for copying controls between dialogs or applications. Also new is a visual Auto Updater project editor for easily creating localizable updates configuration files, .Net Custom Actions support, a New Driver wizard and JPEG and GIF format support for Java application Splash Screens. [...]
Advanced Installer 4.1.2 releasedJune 30th, 2006 - Friday
Advanced Installer 4.1.1 releasedJune 26th, 2006 - Monday
Advanced Installer 4.1 releasedJune 21st, 2006 - Wednesday Version 4.1 adds a comprehensive set of command line options, enabling a great degree of scripting and automation in the package, patch or merge module creation process. Also new is the multi-file prerequisites support, which allows your packages to ensure the installation of almost any third party software they depend on. [...]
Advanced Installer 4.0 releasedMay 29th, 2006 - Monday Version 4.0 delivers a powerful dialog editor for unlimited control over every detail of the User Interface of MSI packages. Also new is the support for the creation of configurable Merge Modules, and many other enhancements. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.9 releasedApril 12th, 2006 - Wednesday Version 3.9 adds support for creating Merge Modules for packaging independent components used in applications as stand-alone modules (MSM files), a Danish translation, REG files import, improved command line settings and more. Also new is the Enterprise license, introduced with a significant promotional discount. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.8.1 releasedMarch 27th, 2006 - Monday
Advanced Installer 3.8 releasedMarch 15th, 2006 - Wednesday Version 3.8 adds driver installation support using DIFx, HTTPS support for the Updater and a Norwegian (Nynorsk) localization. Also new are a wizard to create Shortcuts, a basic implementation for serial number validation and more. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.7.1 releasedFebruary 22nd, 2006 - Wednesday
Advanced Installer 3.7 releasedFebruary 7th, 2006 - Tuesday Version 3.7 adds support for creating multilingual single-file installs, launching nested installs, and HTTP authentication and server-side license checks for the automatic updater. Also new are a wizard to create Custom Actions, a Polish translation, the ability to add folders to the PATH environment variable of Java products and more. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.6.1 releasedJanuary 17th, 2006 - Tuesday
Advanced Installer 3.6 releasedJanuary 9th, 2006 - Monday Version 3.6 enhances the IIS support with: Web Application mappings, Front Page server extensions and web site default document list. Also new are the side-by-side installs, two more wizards, online installs, Japanese localization, MD5 signatures for the install or downloaded files (prerequisites and updates) and more. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.5.1 releasedDecember 22nd, 2005 - Thursday
Advanced Installer 3.5 releasedDecember 12th, 2005 - Monday Version 3.5 adds IIS support - the ability to configure and deploy web sites, web applications, virtual directories, ISAPI filters, etc. Also new are the isolated components support, qualified/published components support, extracting registration registry entries from self-reg DLLs, russian localization and more. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.4.2 releasedDecember 6th, 2005 - Tuesday
Advanced Installer 3.4.1 releasedNovember 28th, 2005 - Monday
Advanced Installer 3.4 releasedNovember 21st, 2005 - Monday Version 3.4 adds Advanced Updater - a tool that automatically checks for, downloads and installs patches and updates, making sure your users always have the latest release of your product. Also new are the condition editor, user defined launch conditions and much more. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.3.1 releasedOctober 6th, 2005 - Thursday
Advanced Installer 3.3 releasedOctober 4th, 2005 - Tuesday Version 3.3 adds support for for registering COM components, configurable Merge Modules, building Mac OS X packages for Java projects, inclusion and exclusion filters for synchronized folders and more. A new wizard is included, simplifying the project creation process. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.2 releasedSeptember 5th, 2005 - Monday Version 3.2 adds support for scheduling Custom Actions in the UI sequence, the ability to set the Feature and Directory for each Merge Module, localization for launchers and bootstrappers and more. Thirty additional graphics setup themes are included. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.1.1 releasedAugust 16th, 2005 - Tuesday
Advanced Installer 3.1 releasedAugust 15th, 2005 - Monday Version 3.1 adds a new type of prerequisite handling, improvements in the Organization page, support for editing the Library Path of a Java product, the ability to enforce a single instance with notification and parameter passing on secondary launch attempt, and more. Two new languages (French and Norwegian) were also added. [...]
Advanced Installer 3.0.1 releasedJuly 12th, 2005 - Tuesday
Advanced Installer 3.0 releasedJuly 11th, 2005 - Monday Version 3.0 adds support for creating MSI packages in other languages. Already included are: German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese and Dutch, while translating additional languages is as easy as editing an XML file. Also new is the support for advertised shortcuts and font registration. [...]
Advanced Installer 2.6.5 releasedMay 20th, 2005 - Friday
Advanced Installer 2.6.4 releasedMay 11th, 2005 - Wednesday
Advanced Installer 2.6.3 releasedMay 9th, 2005 - Monday
Advanced Installer 2.6.2 releasedApril 22nd, 2005 - Friday
Advanced Installer 2.6.1 releasedApril 20th, 2005 - Wednesday
Advanced Installer 2.6 releasedApril 19th, 2005 - Tuesday Version 2.6 adds support for creating Windows Installer patches (MSP files), computing file hashes, conditional levels for features and more. [...]
Advanced Installer 2.5.1 releasedMarch 10th, 2005 - Thursday
Advanced Installer 2.5 releasedMarch 9th, 2005 - Wednesday Version 2.5 adds support for creating 64-bit packages, as well as removing files, folders, registry keys and values on install. User defined MSI properties and folders based on properties permit more flexible installation scenarios. [...]
Advanced Installer 2.4.1 releasedFebruary 11th, 2005 - Friday
Advanced Installer 2.4 releasedFebruary 10th, 2005 - Thursday Version 2.4 adds support for searching for applications and resources on the target computer, installing INI files and entries and sharing components between features. [...]
Advanced Installer 2.3 releasedJanuary 10th, 2005 - Monday Version 2.3 adds support for installing Internet shortcuts, modifying projects from the command line and logging while running a MSI. The Formatted type editing was improved for easier insertion of file, folder and property references. [...]
Advanced Installer 2.2 releasedDecember 1st, 2004 - Wednesday Version 2.2 adds support for multiple volume installs and Microsoft Authenticode Digital ID signature. The Custom Action implementation was expanded to include six new types scheduled in any stage of the install sequence. [...]
Advanced Installer 2.1.1 releasedNovember 15th, 2004 - Monday
Advanced Installer 2.1 releasedNovember 9th, 2004 - Tuesday Version 2.1 adds support for installation folders that are synchronized with disk folders for easier project maintenance, and support for install packages with files not packed in CABs for running programs directly from their install media. Also new are the ability to edit file attributes and to import data sources. [...]
Advanced Installer 2.0.2 releasedOctober 13th, 2004 - Wednesday
Advanced Installer 2.0.1 releasedOctober 12th, 2004 - Tuesday
Advanced Installer 2.0 releasedOctober 11th, 2004 - Monday Version 2.0 adds support for .Net and Win32 assemblies and side-by-side installation on Windows XP, enabling multiple versions of the same component to run simultaneously on the system. Further improvements on the user interface keep Advanced Installer as one of the easiest to use and most powerful Windows Installer authoring tools. [...]
Advanced Installer 1.9 releasedSeptember 20th, 2004 - Monday Version 1.9 adds the ability to create installers that will launch any type of file at the end of the installation and the ability to create Uninstall shortcuts and other types of command shortcuts. The prerequisite support is improved with a better UI, silent install and command line support. [...]
Advanced Installer 1.8 releasedAugust 9th, 2004 - Monday Version 1.8 adds the ability to create installers that will check if prerequisite applications are present on the target machine and optionally download and install them. Supported are: Java Runtime Environment, .Net Framework, Visual Basic Script Engine, DirectX and more, together with user-defined applications. [...]
Advanced Installer 1.7 releasedJuly 5th, 2004 - Monday Version 1.7 adds the ability to control in detail the organization of your Windows Installer package by creating and controlling features, selecting the components to be included in each feature and specifying attributes for both features and components. Additionally, this version of Advanced Installer for Java adds the ability to run your Java Application as Win32 Services. [...]
Advanced Installer 1.6 releasedJune 7th, 2004 - Monday
Advanced Installer 1.5 releasedMay 4th, 2004 - Tuesday Version 1.5 features the ability to include and install the Windows Installer package, an improved context sensitive help system, and serial code validation for the registration dialog. [...]
Advanced Installer 1.4 releasedMarch 15th, 2004 - Monday Version 1.4 features the ability to change the user interface dialogs, banners and images, create EXE bootstrappers, and adds support for merge modules and for installing, registering and controlling services. [...]
Advanced Installer 1.3 releasedJanuary 5th, 2004 - Monday
Advanced Installer 1.2 releasedDecember 12th, 2003 - Friday
Advanced Installer 1.1 releasedDecember 1st, 2003 - Monday
Advanced Installer 1.0 releasedOctober 17th, 2003 - Friday
Advanced Installer 0.5 releasedAugust 3rd, 2003 - Sunday
Advanced Installer 0.4 releasedJuly 23rd, 2003 - Wednesday
Advanced Installer 0.3 releasedJuly 10th, 2003 - Thursday
Advanced Installer 0.2 releasedJuly 1st, 2003 - Tuesday
Advanced Installer 0.1 releasedMarch 31st, 2003 - Monday
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