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NEW! Improved Accessibility
Create installations that are Section 508-compliant with new accessibility improvements including support for screen readers, high-contrast, mnemonics.

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NEW! InstallAnywhere Collaboration
Reference Developer Installation Manifest (DIM) files created with the new InstallAnywhere Collaboration module.

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NEW! FLEXnet Connect Integration
InstallAnywhere 8 makes it possible to integrate FLEXnet Connect with the installation (FLEXnet Connect is licensed separately).

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NEW! Service Layer Integration
The new services layer allows you to easily add advanced functionality to your custom code actions.

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NEW! Display HTML
The Display HTML Panel allows you to display HTML from an archived file or a specific URL on a panel during the installation.

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NEW! Progress Bar Control
These new APIs allow you control of the progress bar at Pre-Install, Install, Post-Install, Pre-Uninstall, and Post-Uninstall.

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NEW! Enhanced Installation Return Codes
Debug your installation faster and more accurately with detailed status return codes.

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NEW! Recording Response Files
Your customers no longer have to manually create response files for running silent installations.

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NEW! Resizable Dialogs
You can now specify how large you'd like your installation dialogs to be.

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NEW! 64-bit Support
New 64-bit support allows you to install 32 bit installations to 32 and 64-bit portions of the Windows 64 OS, with support for AMD64 now added.

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Platform Support

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J2SE 5.0 Support
Sun describes J2SE 5.0 (also known as Java 1.5) as "the most significant upgrade to the Java platform and programming language since its initial release nearly one decade ago." InstallAnywhere fully supports Sun J2SE 5.0. InstallAnywhere developers can bundle J2SE 5.0 with their installation, and have their application run against it.

     

Installation support for digital signatures
InstallAnywhere introduces the ability to digitally sign Windows installations.

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Strict Java Virtual Machine Selection
Strict Java Virtual Machine selection for Installations and LaunchAnywhere

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Shared Components
With InstallAnywhere, components can be shared between different applications.

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Cross-product Dependencies
Dependencies allow for the conditional installation of specific software applications based on the current system configuration.

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Customize text and background color in an installation

     

Action Groups
Action Groups provide the ability to logically group a set of actions or panels in Pre-Install, Post-Install, Pre-Uninstall and Post-Uninstall.

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Dynamic Merge Modules
Provides the ability to import Panels and Actions from a Merge Module into a master project as an Action Group.

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Media Spanning

   

Customizable Uninstaller

   

Localized Designer
Developers who speak English, French, German, and Japanese can author multiplatform installations using their native language.

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Native Package Installation

   

Execute Action Return Codes

   

In-Use File Handling

 

File Overwrite behavior settings

 

Manifest Files

 

End-user help

 

Cross Platform Project Registry

XML-based Product Registry

Source Paths

XML File Modification