InstallAware

The check script that gets inserted in InstallAware 8 to check for for .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 is wrong. It requires the following OS:

Vista
Windows 2003 SP1
Win XP SP2

This is wrong. According to http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/deta ... laylang=en what actually is required is the following:

Windows Server 2003 (no SP required)
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (not permitted in the InstallAware script)

The main reason to use these built-in scripts in InstallAware is so that they are tested, correct and end-users don't have to write their own. Will the "official" script be updated? If so, how?

Thanks in advance,

Mike.

The scripts are built at the time of Microsoft's original release (if you look in our press room, you will see that we have built a track record of beating all other vendors in supporting the new Microsoft runtimes).

The original Microsoft runtimes and their currently available versions may be different, in binary form and/or in their installation requirements and/or instructions and/or documentation.

I can assure you that our runtime scripts are well tested and built in-line with the best Microsoft documentation available at the time. You can of course edit the runtime scripts to permit, for instance, Windows 2000 SP4 installs; or update the pre-supplied binaries.

You may even run the native Microsoft installer in as little as just one line of MSIcode: Run Program. Whatever you choose, InstallAware is very versatile and customizable.

Michael,

Thanks for your response and I can appreciate the things you have said both in terms of Microsoft's changing requirements and the virtues of InstallAware (I have come from using InstallShield which is a horrible beast in comparison).

However, surely the point of InstallAware coming with these built-in "module" means that end-users don't have write their own pre-req checks (and probably get it wrong!!)? In the short term I can of course edit the scripts but perhaps a future feature of InstallAware could be to download new versions of these such modules so that the tested and best modules are available to end-users ASAP?

Thanks,

Mike.

Yes, of course!