Advanced Installer - это мощное и простое в использовании средство для создания программ установок в формате MSI / EXE за считанные минуты. Решение Advanced Installer основывается на использовании стандартных открытых форматов. Файлы проектов сохраняются в формате XML, что упрощает их интеграцию с системами управления исходными текстами. Advanced Installer - профессиональный инструмент для создания MSI-установщиков приложений под операционные системы Windows.
Программа крайне проста в использовании (для своего уровня), все взаимодействие с ней осуществляется через удобный интерфейс, так что вам не придется изучать большое количество документации и писать сложных скриптов - каждое действие логично и интуитивно выполняется через систему внутренних команд. Созданные проекты сохраняются в формате XML для дальнейшего использования. Если к примеру взять в сравнение Wise, InstallShield и другими программами для создания MSI-пакетов, Advanced Installer имеет гораздо более понятный интерфейс, с помощью которого Вы создадите свой пакет установки за считанные минуты.
Advanced Installer – powerful and easy to use Windows Installer authoring tool, enabling developers to create reliable MSI packages that meet the latest Microsoft Windows logo certification guidelines. Extremely easy to use, powerful, fast and lightweight. Advanced Installer simplifies the process of building Windows Installer packages by providing a very easy to use, high level interface to the underlying technology. The program implements all Windows Installer rules and follows all the advised best practices. With this simple, intuitive interface, building a Windows Installer package will take just a few minutes. Start the program, add a few files, change the name, hit the Build button and you are done. No scripts to learn, no seminars to attend. Advanced Installer project files are stored in XML format. This way, they can be easily checked into a version control system. The software installer also operates at command line, so you can build your release packages in a completely automated script, like Make, Ant or NAnt. Furthermore, the most common operations are also implemented as command line actions, so you can modify your project in an automated fashion.
Основные особенности: • Поддержка Windows Mobile/CE • Импорт NSIS-сценариев • Расширение пользовательского интерфейса программы установки • Очистка генерируемых приложением ресурсов и параметров при удалении • Стойкость изменения пользовательских данных приложений через обновление и исправление • Встроенные пользовательские действия для тестирования, если порт свободен (не связан с приложением) • Встроенные пользовательские действия для закрытия приложений • Пользовательское имя в аплете панели управления "Установка и удаление программ"
Changelog
New features in this release Windows Features configuration support Dynamic Repackager profile update New Repackager UI for configuring multiple applications to be repackaged at once Ability to create a Repackager noise profile scan Ability for Bootstrapper to remove a previous version of the package it installs Custom defined .CUB files (for ICE validations) Digital Signature for MSI Editor Internet Explorer 10 predefined prerequisite Enhancements to existing features Ability to condition an SQL connection Support bulk add for SQL scripts UI for directly adding inline SQL scripts Register Advanced Installer using a floating license from the CLI Added blink capability to setups that use Bootstrapper Added option to test an URL used in Bootstrapper Improvement in Bootstrapper when handling a property's value Automatically stopped updater service after advertising command was successfully executed Added support for creating a new security descriptor starting from a an existing one Support for LUA patching with certificates from store Added option for ignoring files attributes when adding a file to project Restriction to manually add feature names Support MSI edit/import with duplicate folder names Predefined folder for IIS Root folder Dedicated UI option for installing web applications in IIS "wwwroot" folder Improved error policy for IIS entities Automatically handle extraction path for installations running under NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM account Added option which allows the user to decide if all predefined MSI tables will be included in a project that has merge modules Switch for silent installations to specify the overwrite operation for a web application when a duplicate is detected "Run with highest privileges" options for scheduled task Created a search functionality in the "Registry" page New controls now match the theme environment Left menu quick filter navigation improvements WinService class improvements License auto updater improvements Real Studio import improvements Bug fixes An error was thrown when using "I have a license file received via email" option to register a valid Advanced Installer floating license Same package code was used for different languages MSI build failed when "Windows Installer 4.5 for Windows XP x86" was added as feature-based prerequisite "Reboot after prerequisite finishes installation" still rebooted the machine in a loop if the prerequisite failed to install Fixed "Prerequisites" page > "Hide already installed prerequisites" option Quick Launch shortcut was created when "Quick Launch Toolbar" option from "ShortcutsDlg" was unchecked Scrollable Text control on Surface theme looked disabled Bottom Note control on WelcomeDlg dialog had a smaller width than its Italian localized string The "Function" combo box contained a lot of empty new lines Fixed "Back, Next, Finish, Cancel" Bootstrapper buttons to use the same language as the rest of the package UI (not loading strings from the OS) "Integer" flag was not working for edit box control on Surface theme (rich edit control) "Add Dependencies" feature did not detect missing resources Did not allow creating a table with two binary columns (not supported by Windows Installer) "Launch File" (viewer) custom action incorrectly stripped quotes that surround properties in "command line" field Fixed removal key symbol bug on copy/paste Options from Edit Folder > Permissions > right context menu did't work Messages displayed by Bootstrapper when failing to download updates were wrong Fixed crash at copy/paste an empty folder with Remove option set Fixed crash at copy/paste a File Removal operation Disabled the option "Fail installation if custom action return an error" for "Set installer property" custom action (it broke the installation otherwise) Advanced Installer crashed when deleting IIS Virtual Directories with custom Error Pages Fixed error in IIS page > Authentication Tab Fixed error when running a package with a "Disable Features" custom action MsiPackageType="Intel" from WISE import was lost after navigating in "Install Parameters" page Project type selection dialog did not appear all the time on WIX import Orphan components were imported from MSI without any hope of recovery Updater scheduled task was not uninstalled Fixed bug on deleting feature "Feature" from "Organization" page Fixed error when opening project with properties used inside Output Folder Some edit boxes in "Install Parameters" page were misaligned
