Wizards

Advanced Installer simplifies some complex operations by using wizards. They are guiding the user step by step through every stage of an operation.

There are several wizards types in Advanced Installer:

Project Creation Wizards

Simple Project

The wizard creates a new simple project. It adds to the project product data, files and shortcuts.

Professional Project

The wizard creates a new professional project. It adds to the project product data, files, synchronized folders, shortcuts, file associations and build languages.

Java Project

The wizard creates a new Java project. It adds product data, files, synchronized folders, a Java product and build languages.

The user can set up the options for the Java product: classPath, Main class, type, icon and preferred JRE. Shortcuts and file associations can be created for this Java product. The user has also the option to create a Mac OS X package for it's application.

Enterprise Project

The wizard creates a new Enterprise project.

Patch Project

The wizard creates a new Patch project. It adds data about the patch, the target and upgraded MSIs.

Merge Module Project

The wizard creates a new Merge Module Project. It adds data about the merge module information, files, shortcuts, file associations and build languages.

Repackage Installation Project

The wizard creates a new Repackage Installation Project. This type of project gives you the possibility create a project based on capturing an existing installation.

Project Editing Wizards

Shortcut

The wizard adds a new shortcut to an installed file, to an item already present on the target machine, to the uninstaller of the package or to an URL. The location of the shortcut can be easily specified.

File Association

The wizard adds a new file association by gathering data about the progID, extension and verb.

Search

The wizard creates different types of search: for a file, a folder or into the registry.

Custom Action

The wizard can set up different types of custom actions: attached, installed, property source, nested installs, script inline or predefined customs actions.

Driver

This wizard will help you create a driver package.

Launch Condition

This wizard will help you create a new launch condition starting from a search or an existing property.

Events Wizard

This wizard will allow you to create commonly used control events or subscribe a control to an existing event.

Mixed 32/64 Organization Wizard

This wizard will allow you to organize a Mixed 32/64-bit matching the platform package. You can find out more about this wizard from the Mixed 32/64 Wizard page.

Feature Wizard

This wizard will allow you to create and configure a feature.

Build Configuration Wizard

This wizard allows you to configure the structure of the installation package by automatically setting the appropriate options in the Media page.

Other Wizards

Registration

The wizard attempts to connect to the Internet and download the license. If it fails it will suggest different solutions: new proxy settings or registration by mail.