{"id":424,"date":"2016-04-03T07:36:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T15:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=424"},"modified":"2016-04-08T17:18:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T01:18:14","slug":"new-installaware-x4-with-windows-store-bridge-social-plug-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"New InstallAware X4 with Windows Store Bridge, Social Plug-Ins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> X4 is launching on Friday this week, following the conclusion of a nine month intensive R&amp;D cycle and crowning Install<strong>Aware<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>12th year<\/strong> in the business:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows Store Bridge:<\/strong> Get your <strong>Win32, Win64, and .NET apps in the Windows Store TODAY<\/strong> &#8211; including elevation, admin level wizardry, and full system access. Microsoft underwhelmed us a bit at Build 2016 with their progress on Project Centennial and its limitations &#8211; so skip the wait and get all your native and managed applications in the Windows Store today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Plug-Ins:<\/strong> <strong>Tweet to Twitter<\/strong> and <strong>Share on Facebook<\/strong> at any point during your installation. Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> X4 automatically invokes REST APIs to authenticate your end-users on their social networks, and then completes postings on their behalf. You may even make postings mandatory before allowing your end-users to proceed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHA 256 Code Signing:<\/strong> We&#8217;ve solved Microsoft&#8217;s code signing riddles for 2016 and beyond. Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> X4 <strong>analyzes your files<\/strong> for existing signatures, their type, size, and the underlying operating system powering your build platform. Based on this information, it <strong>selects the Microsoft compliant code signing strategy, automatically<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Foundation Server 2015:<\/strong> Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> X4 now integrates with Team Foundation Server 2015 <strong>Update 1<\/strong>, enabling globally distributed project collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IDE Zoom:<\/strong> Zoom in and out of your script with <strong>eagle eyes<\/strong> to find exactly what you are looking for. Comes with quick previews to find your ideal zoom level, too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated Theme Assets:<\/strong> Both the IDE and the setup engine have been updated with <strong>the latest Windows 10 graphic assets<\/strong>, ensuring a smoother look for your setups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Script Functions:<\/strong> Every Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> programmer&#8217;s dream is here. Using the new <strong>Return from Include Script<\/strong> command and the enhanced <strong>Include Script<\/strong> command, its a snap to build your own script functions &#8211; with their own custom return values.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get your apps in the Windows Store today, go social with your installers, and attain 100% standards compliance with Install<em>Aware<\/em> X4.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InstallAware X4 is launching on Friday this week, following the conclusion of a nine month intensive R&amp;D cycle and crowning InstallAware&#8216;s 12th year in the business: Windows Store Bridge: Get your Win32, Win64, and .NET apps in the Windows Store TODAY &#8211; including elevation, admin level wizardry, and full system access. Microsoft underwhelmed us a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=424\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New InstallAware X4 with Windows Store Bridge, Social Plug-Ins&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}