What's New in InstallAware 6.1

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What's New in InstallAware 6.1

Postby MichaelNesmith » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:49 am

InstallAware 6.1 contains the following new features and enhancements for developing Windows Installer setups.

IDE

The IDE now offers MSIcode categories to easily distinguish between the various kinds of drag-drop scripting commands that are available.
Projects now use relative paths for storing the locations of setup scripts, making it easier to move setup scripts and projects between different computers.
A new project-level setting now allows you to calculate file hashes during builds.
When application runtimes are added using the Application Runtimes view, their associated include scripts are now automatically copied to the local project folder, making it easier for different projects to install runtimes with different settings.
When application runtimes are deselected from the Application Runtimes view, their associated include scripts are now automatically removed.

Tools and Libraries

The underlying technology for connecting to SQL Servers has been updated.

Setup Engine

The size of setup packages has been reduced by eliminating redundant data from MSI files.
Setups that use web media blocks and long source file paths no longer run into the maximum path limit. Path generation for files inside web media blocks has been optimized to eliminate problems with source paths of any length.

New Scripting Commands

The Get Component Space command returns the space required by a component, or the entire setup, at runtime.
The Get OS or SP Level command returns the exact operating system or service pack version (instead of a minimum version check).
The Localization Variable command creates stable string IDs for use with translations.
The Set Component Choice command enables or disables end-user interaction with a setup feature at runtime.
The Set Component Visibility command hides or shows a setup feature at runtime.

Updated Scripting Commands

The File Bag command now supports exclusion wildcards.
The Get System Settings command now detects the exact underlying processor architecture for 64 bit systems.

How to Upgrade

1) Download the latest trial version from the public website. This will automatically uninstall your old version and install 6.1.
2) [If you are a licensed user] Log on to your customer account and regenerate your product license, and reinstall it.
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