Advanced Installer Features - Create Vista Installers
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.
Target Vista with your installers
Installers created with Advanced Installer are designed to
run flawlessly on Windows Vista. Your installers will install on the
entire range of Microsoft Operating Systems, all the way from Windows
95 and NT to Windows XP and Vista.
If certain Vista features or application versions are
required, you can specify them as install conditions for
your application with just a couple of clicks:
- Minimum OS: Windows Vista
- Windows Installer 4.0
- .Net Framework 3.x
- Internet Explorer 7.0
- Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0
Use Vista
features in your installers
Advanced Installer supports the new User Account
Control (UAC) in Vista and helps create user friendly and
optimised installs with minimal UAC elevation prompts by:
- Allowing you to specify the desired execution
level for your installers to minimise elevation dialogs
- Digitally signing your
installers for friendlier security prompts and improved customer
perception
- Letting you digitally sign any eligible file
included in your installation in a single, simple build step
Minimize reboots when installing your applications through
Advanced Installer's Restart Manager support for an
improved application shutdown. You can also enjoy the similar Auto
Close Applications functionality in the Auto Updater.
Meet the
requirements for the Windows Vista Logo
Give your customers piece of mind. Gain their trust and their
confidence in you and your products. Open the gates of the Enterprise
market for your applications. Get some good PR. Just a few reasons to
obtain the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo.
Advanced Installer helps you to easily author installs that
meet the installation section of the certification requirements for
the Certified for Windows Vista Logo Program:
- Use Windows Installer (MSI) for installation
- Support User Account Control for Installation
- Install to correct folders (Program Files or the user's AppData)
- Correctly Configure Package Identity
- Install Windows Resources Properly
- Follow Best Practices for Creating Custom Actions
- Avoid Reboots During Installation
- Support Command Line Installation
- Follow Component Rules
Work on Windows Vista
Advanced Installer was tested and it runs flawlessly on
Windows Vista in all development scenarios:
- as a regular user (non-administrator) - allows
testing your installs directly from inside the IDE as they would be
run by a standard user
- with elevated privileges - avoids all those UAC
dialogs while developing your installers
Advanced Installer - Features
