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Smart MSI Condition Editor

Simplify and customize your installer conditions by using the MSI Condition Editor. With features like Auto-complete, Validate or Expression Wizard, you will ensure that your conditions are always correct and up to standards.

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MSI Transforms

Transforms enable fast and easy MSI preparing for automatic deployment. Create responsive and differential transforms with just a few clicks, following our wizard.

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Advanced Installer 13.7 Released

Excited about the upcoming Visual Studio 2017? So are we! That is why, together with Microsoft, we have prepared a fresh update for our Windows Installer tools integration into the integrated development environment.

February 27th, 2017

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Repackager Assistant

Document your repackaging process and save time on package maintenance operations and training new packagers, by using the Repackager Assistant.

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Ai v13

Advanced Installer 13.6 Released

Save time and streamline the software packaging process inside your company. The Repackager Assistant included in this release automatically creates documentation for any application you repackage.

February 15th, 2017

Direct Table Editor

Take full control over your MSI tables with Advanced Installer's built-in editor. Extend the easy to use options from our GUI, and customize your package just as you need to.

Pre and Post Build Events

Automation is never enough. Save time, eliminate human errors and streamline your build process with the predefined support for build events from Advanced Installer.

ICE Validations and Automatic Fixes for MSIs

The installation is the first experience your users have, before using your application. ICEs help make sure your installer is compliant with the Windows standards for application packaging and deployment.

Package and Deploy Office VSTO Add-ins

With the help of Office add-ins, you can make solutions that improve Office programs by adding new features and functions and letting you interact with the content in documents.

Advanced Installer 13.5 Released

Unleash the power of UWP apps, customize your AppX package with just a few clicks, from our dedicated GUI for AppX packages.

December 14th, 2016

Antivirus Whitelisting Pains

If you're a software vendor doing multiple releases a year, you're bound to hit (and hate) this problem - false-positive detection by antivirus solutions. It's just one of the neverending problems of ISVs that's eating a chunk of our time, without any ROI.

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#TIPS #SECURITY #NEWS

Documentation with Project Notes

The Notes pane in Advanced Installer allows you to add comments just as you do when you write code for your application. Saving from the horrible task of having to edit the .AIP source file in raw XML, we want to encourage you to document the installer configuration as you are used to document code.

Advanced Installer 13.4 Released

Together with Microsoft we are working on creating the best development tools to help you build and deploy your application.

November 16th, 2016

Installer Analytics 3.0 is live

The latest version of Installers Analytics is now live. Version 3.0 brings you a completely new insight on your installations data, exposing precise information on how many successful, cancelled or failed installations have occurred. It also helps you prepare your GUI by providing accurate data on the end-user's DPI options.

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Testing Installations in Virtual Machines

The built-in virtual machines manager from Advanced Installer allows you to test your MSI installations inside a VM with just a click. Connect your Hyper-V or VMware machines to our manager and we'll do the rest for you.

Advanced Installer 13.3 Released

Get more users, publish your Win32/.NET application in the Windows Store, in just a few days.

October 31st, 2016

Installer Analytics 2.9 Release

Grab a sneak peek on the latest features we’ve included in version 2.9 of Installer Analytics. The most important mentions being: integrations with other analytics platforms, time zone bounded reports and more detailed information about your user base.

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Important Changes in 13.2 Bootstrapper and Prerequisites Functionality

Starting with version 13.2, all future versions of Advanced Installer are using a new engine to manage prerequisites installations, multiple language and multiple instances support.

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MSI Conflict Detector

The MSI Conflict Detector is a tool that allows you to monitor a repository of MSI packages (no matter with what tool they were built) for breaking conflicts. It can be run manually with full UI or from within scripts, called programmatically.

App-V 5.x Automation Tool

TweakAppV is a free tool from Advanced Installer that takes App-V 5.x editing, from the command-line to a new level, by offering full access to the package contents. You can automate any operation for hundreds of packages in minutes, saving weeks of manual work.

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