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InstallAware Express provides an unsurpassed feature set, enabling you to build sophisticated installations in record time without any programming or scripting skills.
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Lower Setup Development Costs |
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Five Minutes to an Installer
Build setups in minutes using wizards, templates, and
samples. Then make refinements using InstallAware's
intuitive task-based views.
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Exclusive! Out-of-the-Box Vista Certification Support
No matter how you build your setup, InstallAware always creates a Vista-logo certifiable package for you, with full, out-of-the-box support for all of Vista's new and updated MSI technology requirements.
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Exclusive! Set up 64 Bit and 32 Bit Systems with the Same Installer
Detect and support ia64 and x64 systems including Itanium, AMD64, and EM64T. Only InstallAware allows you to ship a single hybrid MSI for both your 32 bit and 64 bit customers.
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Exclusive! Detect and Manage Setups on Virtual Machines
Now InstallAware can check your target system and detect whether the operating system is running on a virtual machine. A simple checkbox lets you limit distributions to physical machines.
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Exclusive! First to Support Windows Vista
InstallAware version 6, released June 2006, is the first setup solution to market with full Windows Vista support. Detect and target setups for Vista systems, and install into restricted user accounts.
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Exclusive! One-Click Technology
Preinstalls
Deploy technology modules and runtimes, such as
Microsoft SQL Express 2005, from your setup in a single
step. Any related preinstalls are added to your project
automatically. Plus, the preinstall sequence branches by
platform.
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Exclusive! 1-Click Patching
Select your old and new setups, click Build Patch,
and InstallAware automatically generates a native MSP-file that is
packaged using advanced compression.
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Extend Setups with Custom Programs
Run any program as part of your setup, without requiring a particular program location or having to install the program together with your setup. Run before/after your install/uninstall, or even from the finish dialog. |
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Dynamic Scanning Tool
Automatically add the file dependencies for your
application to any selected directory or feature in your
project.
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Enhanced! Simplified Translation Tools
Use InstallAware's visual localization tool to translate your user interface and MSIcode text, or send the freely-redistributable localization tool to an off-site service so they can perform the localization for you. Switch languages at compile time or runtime. Existing translations are preserved when making changes to your MSIcode and user interface. |
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Legacy Project Converters
Automatically import or convert project files from Wise, Inno Setup, or NSIS. |
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Import .REG Files
Directly import Registry Keys and Values stored in .REG files or COM servers. Simply click Import from the Registry View, then browse to the file. |
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New! Auto-Correcting Fields
Now with the auto-correcting IDE, you are spared from common authoring mistakes and pitfalls. Dismissible help hints have also been added to guide you through certain processes.
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Fully Support Installation Standards |
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Complete MSI Support
All InstallAware setups fully support
industry-standard Windows Installer technology, and
Group Policy management features. No proprietary runtime
packages or dependencies are ever required. All packages are built to comply with Microsoft's Designed for Windows Logo certification specifications for application setup.
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Self Healing Applications
Create self-healing applications by choosing the Advertised File Types option in the InstallAware IDE. No changes to your own program files are required.
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Installation on Demand
The Advertised Shortcuts option in the InstallAware IDE activates installation on demand for your application. The source files can be placed in a Web Media Block — which accepts any URL or network file path — for remote download and installation.
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Elevated Privilege Installations
InstallAware setups fully support installation onto secured or locked-down systems with the proper Group Policy settings.
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Windows Driver Install Frameworks (DIFx) Support
Install drivers on x86, x64, and ia64 platforms. Optionally check for presence of the device, manage signature warnings and Add/Remove Program entries. Complete sample project included.
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Improved Download Success Rates |
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Web Updates
Make it easy for your users to update their software, by automating the notification, download, and setup process. Deliver unlimited updates without additional usage fees.
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Exclusive! WebAware Installation™ Technology
Reduce download size by removing technology dependencies (such as the .NET Framework) or rarely used features from your main setup file. The main setup will download them seamlessly from the web as needed. Files required by the minimum configuration are included in the main package, which installs without a web connection.
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Exclusive! Superior Compression
Reduce the size of your setups and download packages
by up to 5x with the LZMA compression algorithm and BCJ2
compression pre-processors. Only InstallAware provides
advanced compression for Windows Installer setups.
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Industry Leading Installation Technology |
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Exclusive! Multi-Instance Support on All Windows Platforms
Allow users to install multiple copies of your application on the same system, without requiring instance transforms or adding an MSI 3.0 dependency. Supports Windows 95 through Windows Vista.
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Enhanced! IIS Support
InstallAware makes it easy to start, stop, and install IIS websites. Set up virtual folders and application servers. Configure permissions, logging, default pages, and MIME types. Support for IIS 7 is now included.
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Exclusive! Dependency Decompressor
Unpack third-party MSIs and Merge Modules you wish to include with your project and leverage InstallAware's superior compression on your application's dependencies during the build process to further reduce the size of your installation package.
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.NET 3.0 Support
Create .NET installations and distribute the .NET
Framework, including .NET 3.0. Advanced compression
reduces the size of the .NET Framework by up to 67%,
simply by deploying the Framework with InstallAware.
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Enhanced! Universal Database
Support
Run SQL scripts on Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle
Database, and My SQL platforms. Absolutely no client
software is required on the target system to connect to
the databases. SQL Server instances are now detected automatically on the network.
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Java Installation Support
Build Java application installations, with support for preinstalling Java Virtual Machines and runtime environments on Windows systems. Complete project sample included. |
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Exclusive! Multi-Core Compression
Dual core, hyperthreaded
processors, and multi core systems are
automatically detected, allowing compression tasks to be
spread across multiple (logical) CPUs to linearly reduce build
times.
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Exclusive! Schedule Windows Tasks
The new Scheduled Tasks view lets you set up jobs to run on a local machine. Check for internet connections, launch programs, and pass command line parameters.
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Exclusive! Refined User Interface
Deliver setups that display the latest visual themes.
15 unique
dialog themes, non-rectangular setup windows, plus Flash and HTML billboards, make your setups more
interesting and more interactive.
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Exclusive! Automatic Removal of Prior Versions
When a previous version is detected, InstallAware will provide the option to uninstall it before proceeding with the installation — automatically. Other Windows Installer tools simply allow the setup to fail and exit. |
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Enterprise Software Deployment Support |
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Active Directory and Corporate Deployment Support
InstallAware setups are easily distributed through Group Policy Objects, and other software distribution systems.
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Set Access Permissions
Restrict or grant permission to system resources with a single script command. Manage groups and named account privileges. |
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