If your software targets Windows, InstallShield® is your solution. It makes it easy to create reliable Windows Installer (MSI) packages and InstallScript installations for Windows platforms, including Vista™, keeping your customers happy and your support costs down

According to IBM, 28% of application failures are related to installation and configuration errors. These errors, often caused by homegrown or out-of-date setups, can significantly increase your support costs while frustrating customers.
InstallShield is the industry standard for MSI installations. Deployed on over 500 million desktops worldwide, InstallShield technology lets you author high-quality installations for Windows and extend them to configure database servers, Web services, mobile devices, and more.

InstallShield is available in three editions: Premier, Professional, and Express. Its IDE is also available in three languages: English, German, and Japanese.
Optimize your MSI installations for Windows Vista
InstallShield has the capabilities to easily create Vista Logo Certified setups, including support for the Restart Manager, UAC, Vista validation testing, Windows Installer 4.5, and more.
Stay current with support for the latest Microsoft technologies
Includes support for .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008, IIS 7.0, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2008, and Direct X 9.0c.
Target mobile devices with support for Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Embedded CE 6.x, and PalmOS 3.5 and later.
Reduce development time
InstallShield’s powerful IDE, automated wizards, templates, and pre-built objects save you significant time.
The Project Assistant walks you step-by-step through the setup creation process, helping you avoid errors.
The InstallShield Best Practices Validation Suite helps you avoid issues that can cause lengthy delays.
One InstallShield setup can present installation instructions in up to 35 languages.
Earn extra revenue with Value-Added Services
Generate new revenue streams with Value-Added Services, such as the opportunity to include an optional search engine toolbar with installations.
 

Hebrew and Arabic Language Support
Expand the global reach of your products by presenting installation text and buttons in Hebrew and Arabic, which are read from right to left. more
Expand the global reach of your products by presenting installation text and buttons in Hebrew and Arabic, which are read from right to left.







Managed-Code Custom Action Support
InstallShield 2009 lets you easily add managed-code custom actions to Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI, and Merge Module projects. more
InstallShield 2009 lets you easily add managed-code custom actions to Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI, and Merge Module projects.
Easily add managed-code custom actions to your MSIs, InstallScript MSIs, merge modules, and Web projects using the Custom Action Wizard. Managed-code custom actions allows for calls to be made to a public method in a .NET assembly that is written in managed code such as Visual Basic .NET or C#.

Installing Multiple Product Instances
Give your MSIs the ability to install multiple instances of the same product on the same machine. more
Give your MSIs the ability to install multiple instances of the same product on the same machine.

InstallShield lets you give your MSIs the ability to install multiple instances of the same product on the same machine. It gives you even more flexibility when creating installations.

At build time, InstallShield creates a product code–changing instance transform for each instance and streams the instance transforms into the .msi package. At run time, the setup launcher displays a new instance selection dialog that lets end users specify whether they want to install a new instance, or update or maintain an already installed instance.
Windows Installer 4.5 Installation Chaining
Add MSI packages to your main installation and chain them together so they are processed as a single transaction. more
InstallShield lets you add Windows Installer packages to Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI projects as chained MSI packages.
If your Basic MSI or InstallScript MSI installation includes chained MSI packages and Windows Installer 4.5 is present on the target system, the Windows Installer installs the multiple packages as a single transaction.

If one or more of the packages in the transaction cannot be installed successfully or if the end user cancels the installation, the Windows Installer initiates rollback for all packages to restore the system to its earlier state.

Four InstallShield MSI Tools
Four new InstallShield MSI tools save you time and effort by providing a rich UI for common troubleshooting tasks. more
InstallShield makes it even easier to create installations with four new MSI tools. They save you time and effort by providing a rich UI for common troubleshooting tasks.
InstallShield MSI Diff lets you easily compare two MSI, MSM, PCP, or MSP database files or two InstallShield project files. A color-coded display clearly shows what changes have been made to the files.
InstallShield MSI Query helps you ensure the accuracy of SQL statements by testing them before they run in the build script. It saves you time by displaying a direct, visual representation of the success of your code.
InstallShield MSI Sleuth eliminates hours of tedious research by letting you run a database query to identify MSI packages against third-party installers. It makes it easy to detect legacy setups so that they can be replaced with industry-standard MSI packages.
InstallShield MSI Grep can run searches of MSI and MSM files to locate specific elements within the database. It saves you time by eliminating the manual scrutinizing of database lines to locate data.




Value-Added Services
Generate new revenue streams with Value-Added Services, such as the opportunity to include an optional search engine toolbar with installations. more
InstallShield has always been about offering developers choices. Now with Value-Added Services, InstallShield presents an opportunity for your company to generate new revenue streams while providing an additional service to your end users.

With InstallShield, you can choose to offer your end users the option of installing the Yahoo! Toolbar along with your software. It gives your end users the convenience of an easily accessible search engine, and your company earns revenue every time end users run searches with it.


Windows Installer 4.5 Support
Create MSIs that leverage the functionality in Windows Installer 4.5.
Visual Studio 2008 Support
InstallShield is integrated with Visual Studio 2008, so you can develop your installations within the same Visual Studio interface as your products. more
InstallShield is the ultimate setup solution for .NET software developers with full support for Visual Studio, including Visual Studio 2008 and 2005.

InstallShield lets you create your installations within the same Visual Studio interface where you create your products, making .NET install authoring more efficient. All InstallShield's views are presented within the Visual Studio .NET Solution Explorer in a separate window, so no scrolling is necessary and side-by-side viewing options are available.

With full .NET integration and support, InstallShield gives you everything you need to efficiently author reliable .NET software installations. You have the option of creating installations directly within the Visual Studio interface or using the intuitive InstallShield IDE. You can also link the primary outputs of your .NET projects to your installs, scan C# and .NET projects for file dependencies, configure .NET custom actions, distribute the .NET Framework or .NET Compact Framework, and much more.

InstallShield ensures your .NET installations are always current and reliable. It dynamically links your install project to other Visual Studio .NET project outputs, automatically updating your installation with your latest source files every time your product is built. Your installation projects also automatically include both Debug and Release build configurations, ensuring the proper source files will be included in your build.



.NET Framework 3.5 Support
Create setups that allow the installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. more
InstallShield now supports the option to either install or include a requirement to install the .NET Framework 3.5 and the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 in Windows Installer installations—past versions of .NET are also still supported.

Several redistributables are available for mobile device installations: .NET Compact Framework 3.5, SQL Mobile 2005, SQL Client 2.0, and SQL Mobile 2005 Replication. In addition, installations for the latest smartphone support redistributables.

InstallShield ensures your .NET installations are always current and reliable. It dynamically links your install project to other Visual Studio 2005 project outputs, automatically updating your installation with your latest source files every time your product is built. Your installation projects also automatically include both Debug and Release build configurations, ensuring the proper source files will be included in your build.


Associate Prerequisites with Features
Associate setup prerequisites with features to chain multiple MSIs together in a single installation. more
InstallShield lets you associate InstallShield prerequisites with features to chain multiple MSIs together in a single installation.

It ensures that when your end users install a feature, the prerequisite is also installed (if it wasn’t already on their machine). Feature prerequisites are useful for applications or components that are used by only some configurations of the installed product and are not used during the installation itself.

InstallShield also still supports setup prerequisites not associated with any features. Setup prerequisites are installed before the main installation begins. They are useful for base applications and technology frameworks that must be installed for all configurations of the installed product or that provide functionality that is used during the installation itself.



Improved Billboards
InstallShield includes several new billboard-related features that give you more flexibility and control over the look and feel of the file transfer portion of your installation.
 

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