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Advanced Installer 7.7 released

June 17th, 2010 - Thursday

The 7.7 release adds full support for the latest Microsoft development tools: Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0. From prerequisites and launch conditions to project import, using and targeting cutting edge technologies is much easier now. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.6.1 released

May 3rd, 2010 - Monday

Advanced Installer 7.6 released

April 8th, 2010 - Thursday

The 7.6 release improves the ability to capture and repackage existing installers with a native 64-bit repackager ready to run on systems like 64-bit Windows 7. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.5.2 released

March 1st, 2010 - Monday

Advanced Installer 7.5.1 released

February 11th, 2010 - Thursday

Themes

February 1st, 2010 - Monday

The installer is the first part of your application seen by the user. A good impression is essential for your success, while a smooth, simple install experience ensures a higher rate of happy users. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.5 released

January 27th, 2010 - Wednesday

The 7.5 release brings three new gorgeous, modern Installer Themes built on top of our Enhanced Native UI. Adding to the over 40 existing Classic themes, they take advantage of Windows 7/Vista controls while implementing a smoother, simpler install experience. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.3.1 released

November 23rd, 2009 - Monday

Advanced Installer 7.3 released

November 9th, 2009 - Monday

The 7.3 release brings the simplicity and customizability of HTML to your installer's user interface. Create beautiful UIs scripted to respond to user input and installer events through the included Windows Installer - JavaScript full two-way bridge. [...]

Windows 7 Installers

October 22nd, 2009 - Thursday

The operating system newly released by Microsoft, Windows 7 is widely expected to become the most installed and used OS on personal computers. Just like with Vista or XP, Advanced Installer is already there, helping you employ its new features, making sure your applications integrate perfectly and your installers run without any issues on Windows 7. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.2.1 released

October 1st, 2009 - Thursday

Top 10 Classic Features

September 29th, 2009 - Tuesday

Digitally sign included files and any generated file (launcher, stub, helper) or archive. Authenticate your products and gain your customer's trust. [...]

Top 10 New Features

September 28th, 2009 - Monday

Capture and repackage installations on 64-bit systems, detecting 64-bit specific components and behaviors.Since [...]

Top 15 Freeware Features

September 25th, 2009 - Friday

Create valid MSI setups for your applications respecting all written and unwritten Windows Installer rules. [...]

Top 20 Professional Features

September 24th, 2009 - Thursday

Create installers for your Windows Mobile/CE applications. [...]

Top 10 For Java Features

September 23rd, 2009 - Wednesday

Create packages containing only native code and technologies. Ensure the smallest footprint, no overhead and the tightest platform integration for your installers. [...]

Top 20 Enterprise Features

September 22nd, 2009 - Tuesday

Configure and deploy Web Sites, Virtual Directories and Web Applications, Application Pools, User Accounts. [...]

Top 15 Exclusive Features

September 21st, 2009 - Monday

Using from the very beginning the standard Windows installation engine. Extending and enhancing functionality in approved ways. No strange scripts or 3rd-party engines. [...]

Top 10 Features

September 18th, 2009 - Friday

Visually customise existing installer dialogs or create new ones from scratch. Save dialog templates and reuse dialogs between projects. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.2 released

September 8th, 2009 - Tuesday

The 7.2 release completes our Windows Mobile support with the ability to install mobile applications through desktop ActiveSync. Easily specify Windows CE applications and prerequisites to be installed conditionally or together on smartphones and other mobile devices directly from the user's desktop. [...]

Repackager

August 31st, 2009 - Monday

Legacy installation packages not using the industry standard Windows Installer engine can be easily converted into reliable MSI packages and benefit from the advantages of the latest Windows Installer technologies. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.1.3 released

July 29th, 2009 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 7.1.2 released

July 23rd, 2009 - Thursday

Windows Mobile

July 21st, 2009 - Tuesday

Mobile access is becoming increasingly important in today's connected world. A mobile component for your services and applications is no longer optional but a requirement for success. Advanced Installer raises to the challenge and helps you quickly and effortlessly build installers for mobile devices based on the latest Windows CE OS-based platforms. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.1.1 released

July 9th, 2009 - Thursday

Advanced Installer 7.1 released

July 8th, 2009 - Wednesday

The 7.1 release completes our Windows 7 and Windows Installer 5.0 compatibility and support. From new features readily available to your installers to better usability and OS integration, Advanced Installer makes checking for and using the new Microsoft platform a snap. [...]

Advanced Installer 7.0.1 released

May 27th, 2009 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 7.0 released

May 25th, 2009 - Monday

The 7.0 release breaks new ground with the addition of full support for the Windows Mobile Platforms. Finally creating fully featured installers for your smartphone applications becomes just as easy as creating installers for your desktop products. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.9.1 released

March 23rd, 2009 - Monday

Advanced Installer 6.9 released

March 18th, 2009 - Wednesday

The 6.9 release helps you build installers able to install multiple instances of a product on the same computer, avoiding conflicts through separate resource (file and registry) spaces. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.8 released

February 5th, 2009 - Thursday

The 6.8 version makes switching to Windows Installer easier than ever before by importing Inno Setup projects. Move to MSI setups without losing the time and effort already invested into your installers. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.7.1 released

December 8th, 2008 - Monday

Advanced Installer 6.7 released

November 26th, 2008 - Wednesday

The 6.7 release introduces a Licensing module supporting trials and registrations. Configurable with just a couple of mouse clicks, it is perfect for the busy software publisher, freeing you from having to implement your own custom solutions. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.6 released

October 3rd, 2008 - Friday

The 6.6 version offers new ready to use, predefined prerequisites, from .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, SQL Server Express to Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8. A brand-new Repository allows you to store any prerequisite you define yourself and reuse it in other projects. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.5.2 released

August 29th, 2008 - Friday

Advanced Installer 6.5.1 released

August 21st, 2008 - Thursday

Advanced Installer 6.5 released

August 19th, 2008 - Tuesday

The 6.5 version completes the full implementation of Windows Installer 4.5 features. Embed multiple MSIs in a unified setup package and install them chained in a single, atomic transaction. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.4.1 released

July 18th, 2008 - Friday

Windows Firewall

July 7th, 2008 - Monday

The latest Microsoft Operating Systems come with a built-in personal firewall which provides a barrier against network-based intrusions. Advanced Installer helps you to integrate your networking applications with Windows Firewall, providing the best possible firewall experience for your users. [...]

Custom Actions

July 4th, 2008 - Friday

Most applications have a standard setup process which basically involves installing files and creating registry entries. However, there are situations when the built-in Windows Installer actions are not sufficient for more complex deployment tasks. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.4 released

June 16th, 2008 - Monday

The 6.4 version adds full transaction support for SQL scripts and the ability to automatically discover and display Microsoft SQL Servers available on the network at install time. [...]

Games Explorer

June 10th, 2008 - Tuesday

The Games Explorer provides game developers with a secure and attractive way to present their games to users in Windows Vista. As part of its extensive Windows Vista support, Advanced Installer offers one-click integration in Games Explorer and registration in Windows Media Center. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.3.1 released

May 20th, 2008 - Tuesday

Import

May 19th, 2008 - Monday

When creating MSI setups it is of great help if you can get a head start and don't have to start from scratch. Advanced Installer's powerful import capabilities allow you to leverage your existing installers and projects by importing or converting them into Advanced Installer projects. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.3 released

May 7th, 2008 - Wednesday

The 6.3 version delivers tremendous time-saving features for game developers: one-click integration in Windows Vista's Games Explorer and registration in Windows Media Center. [...]

Advanced Installer 6.2 released

March 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 released

January 31st, 2008 - Thursday

Advanced Installer 6.1 released

December 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 released

November 21st, 2007 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 6.0 released

November 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. [...]

Patches

October 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 released

September 10th, 2007 - Monday

Advanced Installer 5.2.1 released

August 29th, 2007 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 5.2 released

August 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 released

July 16th, 2007 - Monday

Advanced Installer 5.1 released

July 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 released

June 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 released

April 13th, 2007 - Friday

Advanced Installer 4.9.1 released

April 10th, 2007 - Tuesday

Advanced Installer 4.9 released

April 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 released

March 7th, 2007 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 4.8 released

March 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 Compression

March 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 Signatures

February 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 released

February 16th, 2007 - Friday

Advanced Installer 4.7.1 released

February 2nd, 2007 - Friday

Vista Installers

February 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 released

January 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 Feeds

January 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 released

January 11th, 2007 - Thursday

Advanced Installer 4.6.3 released

January 5th, 2007 - Friday

Advanced Installer 4.6.2 released

December 22nd, 2006 - Friday

Advanced Installer 4.6.1 released

December 19th, 2006 - Tuesday

Advanced Installer 4.6 released

December 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 released

November 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 released

October 16th, 2006 - Monday

Advanced Installer 4.4 released

October 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 released

August 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 released

July 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 released

June 30th, 2006 - Friday

Advanced Installer 4.1.1 released

June 26th, 2006 - Monday

Advanced Installer 4.1 released

June 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 released

May 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 released

April 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 released

March 27th, 2006 - Monday

Advanced Installer 3.8 released

March 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 released

February 22nd, 2006 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 3.7 released

February 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 released

January 17th, 2006 - Tuesday

Advanced Installer 3.6 released

January 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 released

December 22nd, 2005 - Thursday

Advanced Installer 3.5 released

December 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 released

December 6th, 2005 - Tuesday

Advanced Installer 3.4.1 released

November 28th, 2005 - Monday

Advanced Installer 3.4 released

November 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 released

October 6th, 2005 - Thursday

Advanced Installer 3.3 released

October 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 released

September 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 released

August 16th, 2005 - Tuesday

Advanced Installer 3.1 released

August 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 released

July 12th, 2005 - Tuesday

Advanced Installer 3.0 released

July 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 released

May 20th, 2005 - Friday

Advanced Installer 2.6.4 released

May 11th, 2005 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 2.6.3 released

May 9th, 2005 - Monday

Advanced Installer 2.6.2 released

April 22nd, 2005 - Friday

Advanced Installer 2.6.1 released

April 20th, 2005 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 2.6 released

April 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 released

March 10th, 2005 - Thursday

Advanced Installer 2.5 released

March 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 released

February 11th, 2005 - Friday

Advanced Installer 2.4 released

February 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 released

January 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 released

December 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 released

November 15th, 2004 - Monday

Advanced Installer 2.1 released

November 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 released

October 13th, 2004 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 2.0.1 released

October 12th, 2004 - Tuesday

Advanced Installer 2.0 released

October 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 released

September 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 released

August 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 released

July 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 released

June 7th, 2004 - Monday

Advanced Installer 1.5 released

May 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 released

March 15th, 2004 - Monday

Version 1.4 features the ability to change 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 released

January 5th, 2004 - Monday

Advanced Installer 1.2 released

December 12th, 2003 - Friday

Advanced Installer 1.1 released

December 1st, 2003 - Monday

Advanced Installer 1.0 released

October 17th, 2003 - Friday

Advanced Installer 0.5 released

August 3rd, 2003 - Sunday

Advanced Installer 0.4 released

July 23rd, 2003 - Wednesday

Advanced Installer 0.3 released

July 10th, 2003 - Thursday

Advanced Installer 0.2 released

July 1st, 2003 - Tuesday

Advanced Installer 0.1 released

March 31st, 2003 - Monday