Windows Installer is a powerful, but very complex technology. Mastering it on your own takes months of hard work. That's where Advanced Installer comes to help. It creates a high level abstraction on top of the underlying technology. With a clean, simple user interface, each operation is logical and intuitive. Everything is done in the user interface, without complicated scripts to learn or arcane database tables to edit.
Advanced Installer is built on standard, open formats. The project files are saved as XML files for easy integration with source control systems. Advanced Installer is FREE if you dont require any advanced functionality in your package.
Download: Advanced Installer 3.6 (Shareware)
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What's new in Advanced Installer 3.5?
- IIS support: Web Application mappings, Front Page server extensions,
web - site default document list
- Ability to redirect stdout and stderr for
Java applications - Support side-by-side installs of different product
versions - File Associations wizard
- Search wizard
- Ability to run a
Windows Installer version check in bootstrapper - Basic and Silent UI running
modes for EXE bootstrapper - MD5 signature support for checking itself and
downloaded files - (prerequisites and updates)
- HTTP user authentication
support in Advanced Updater - Advanced Updater automated download&install
mode - Advanced Updater application close&restart before&after an
update - On-line install - EXE bootstrapper ability to launch the MSI from an
URL - Ability to generate install packages in Japanese
- Improved Java VM
selection algorithm with JRE vs. JDK user preference - Option to not display
the Intro page in EXE bootstrapper - Local network updates support
- Improved synchronization for synchronized folders
- Allow selection of the
default prerequisites download folder at package - design time
- Re-sizable
wizards
