{"id":483,"date":"2017-02-19T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2017-02-25T03:54:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T11:54:41","slug":"new-installtailor-and-vs-2017-in-installaware-x6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.installaware.com\/blog\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"New InstallTailor and VS 2017 in InstallAware X6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> X6 is launching on Friday this week, <strong>first and only to extend Visual Studio 2017 with one-click APPX, App-V, and Windows Installer setup builds directly from the Visual Studio 2017 toolbar<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at some of the most exciting features in Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> X6:<\/p>\n<p><strong>MST Creator:<\/strong> Need to do some install tailoring? Use the new InstallAware Transformer and<strong> create MST files containing your updated properties, directories, and features after completing a visual setup interview<\/strong>, just as if you were normally installing the MSI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service Failure Actions:<\/strong> Run programs, reboot the PC, restart your service, and display desktop notifications <strong>during the successive failures of your service<\/strong>, bullet-proofing your deployments post the point of installation, cutting your support costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Filters for PackageAware:<\/strong> Use <strong>three new setup capture filters<\/strong> to eliminate various sources of repackaging noise. Combine existing filters, create your own filters. Setup captures are now fully <strong>Unicode<\/strong> and still the fastest in the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Restart Manager:<\/strong> Use the dedicated <strong>new Restart Applications command to gracefully close and relaunch<\/strong> (with state preservation) apps locking resources you need to update during an installation. Windows Installer engine setups automatically leverage the Restart Manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Command Line Variable Locking:<\/strong> <strong>Lock variable values from the command line for user interactive setups<\/strong>, guaranteeing critical parameters and installation settings are preserved during complex deployments &#8211; and easily tailoring your installations.<\/p>\n<p>Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> also publishes an <strong>Open Source Desktop Bridge<\/strong>, giving you <strong>toll-free access through the Microsoft Desktop Bridge to the Universal Windows Platform Highway<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.installaware.com\/gnu.asp\">www.installaware.com\/gnu.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We know setup at Install<strong>Aware<\/strong> &#8211;<em> where installs are at the speed of extraction!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InstallAware X6 is launching on Friday this week, first and only to extend Visual Studio 2017 with one-click APPX, App-V, and Windows Installer setup builds directly from the Visual Studio 2017 toolbar! Take a look at some of the most exciting features in InstallAware X6: MST Creator: Need to do some install tailoring? 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