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General	Enterprise	Standard
Team Development Easy project collaboration saves development teams a lot of time. More »
Automated Testing Support Save QA testing time and increase installation reliability by running Java code to automatically verify the quality of your installations. More »
Team Development Easy project collaboration saves development teams a lot of time. More »
Service Layer Integration The new services layer allows you to easily add advanced functionality to your custom code actions. More »
Application-Specific Java VM Installs an application-specific Java VM for your application on Windows, Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, UNIX, and more.
Open API to Write Custom Rules, Panels, and Console Actions
New and Expanded APIs InstallAnywhere gives you even more flexibility in designing installations with new and expanded APIs. More »		Limited
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. More »
Install Phase Action Group Apply rules to a group of actions instead of just individual actions, eliminating manual steps during installation authoring.
Run Installations from a Response File Turn interactive installations into automatically running silent installations.
Installations Run in Silent, Console, or GUI Modes Run your installations in silent, console, or full graphical mode. More »		Limited
Localized Installations Pre-translated installation dialog panels make it easy to localize your installations. More »		Limited
Localization Support Customize your installer’s splash screen with a localized title, image, instructions, or other information. More »
Improved Accessibility Create installations that are Section 508-compliant with new accessibility improvements including support for screen readers, high-contrast, mnemonics. More »
One Installation Project for all Platforms Install Software on multiple platforms using a single installation project. More »
Intelligent, Flexible, Component-Based Installations Installations have built-in logic to detect what's installed and react accordingly. More »
Easy to Learn and Use The intuitive integrated development interface allows you to build installations quickly and efficiently. More »
LaunchAnywhere Technology Create native launchers for Java applications.
Open API to Write Custom Actions Create custom beans that are specific to your product installation.
Cross-Product Dependencies Allow for the conditional installation of specific software applications. More »
Platform Support	Enterprise	Standard
Expanded Platform Support InstallAnywhere 2010 supports new platforms including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, SUSE Linux 11.2, Ubuntu 9.10, Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Support InstallAnywhere makes it easy to install your software products on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Support for IBM i5/OS for System i Install software on i5/OS for System i using either local or remote install (and uninstall) scenarios.
UAC Support for Windows Vista Installations For your installations that target Windows Vista, InstallAnywhere includes support for User Account Control (UAC). More »
Extensive Platform Support No other solution offers broader platform support More »
Handle Platform-Specific Details InstallAnywhere has all of the platform-specific functionality that you'll ever need. More »
Java Support Full support for Java versions 1.4, 1.5., and 1.6.
Install to Platform-Specific Locations Install to platform specific locations (Magic Folders) such as the desktop or user's home.
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. More »
Windows Support Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, and compliant with "Designed for Windows 7, Vista and XP" requirements
Mac OS X Support Mac OS X compliant with "Built for Mac OS X" requirements.
Solaris Support Includes SPARC and AMD-64, Intel.
Linux/Intel Support
J2SE 5.0 Support
HP-UX Support Includes Itanium 2 and PA-RISC
Installations	Enterprise	Standard
Instance Management Manage and restrict end users from installing multiple copies of your application on the same machine. More »
Install Rollback In case of an error or user cancellation install, rollback returns the system to its original state avoiding incomplete and corrupt product installation. Enable Rollback by a simple setting in Advanced Designer Triggers rollback upon user cancellation or occurrence of a fatal error InstallAnywhere variable support to detect rollback.
AIX Registration Support InstallAnywhere improves its AIX support by giving developers the ability to register installations into the AIX native registry.
Entry Point for Plugins at Build Time Use custom code to add resources to your installations, such as changing files at runtime.
Specify VM Packs and Plugins Locations Exert even tighter control over your installations with the ability to set alternate locations for VM packs and plugins. More »
RPM Package Installation Installing RPM packages is easy with InstallAnywhere.
Deploy EAR/WAR Files to J2EE Container InstallAnywhere now makes it easy to deploy Web applications and support SaaS by adding EAR/WAR files to a J2EE container. More »
Execute SQL Instructions Enable SQL scripts or instructions to run within your setups, instead of as an external script. More »
Set System Environment Variables
Windows Services Support Start, stop, and pause Windows Services and install Java applications as Windows Services.
ModifyText Files and More Modify text files, appending text, searching/replacing, and converting platform-specific line-endings.
Modifiy XML Files Modify XML files and performs XSL transformations on files and within archives.
Apache Ant Scripts Execute Apache Ant scripts.
Copy, Move, and Delete Files Copy, move, and delete files outside of installation.
Run Actions Run actions based on the evaluation of regular expressions on strings, user input, or InstallAnywhere variables.
Optimized Installations by Platform Installations are optimized by platform, building each installation with only the required resources for each platform.
Errors Resolutions Installation log (in both XML and plain text formats), highlights errors or warnings with possible resolutions.
Query Product Registry Query product registry (InstallAnywhere's install registry) for pre-installed features and components
Shared Components With InstallAnywhere, components can be shared between different applications. More »
Installed Components Components can be dependent on other components that are already installed on a system
Variable Encryption Improve the security of your installations by encrypting or hiding project variables. More »
Evaluate Variables at Assignment Resolve installation variables at assignment, giving you an even higher level of control over your installations. More »
Enhanced Installation Return Codes Debug your installation faster and more accurately with detailed status return codes. More »
Recording Response Files Your customers no longer have to manually create response files for running silent installations. More »
Linux RPM integration
Expands ZIP, JAR, WAR and EAR archives
Run Actions Based on Platform
SpeedFolder Technology Create smaller and faster installations.
Execute Java Applications Execute Java applications, platform-specific executables, scripts, batch files, and shell commands during installation.
Windows Registry Support
Creates Shortcuts, Aliases, and Links Creates custom platform-specific shortcuts, aliases, and links
Information Dialogs Show alert, warning, and information dialogs
Launch Default Browser and Display a Web Page Uninstaller can launch default browser and display a web page.
Set/Preserve File Modification Dates
Overwrite Files in Use on Windows
Replace Existing Files Multiple options for replacing existing files.
Installation UI	Enterprise	Standard
Maintenance Mode Add or remove features to previously installed products and repair broken installations More »
Resizable Dialogs You can now specify how large you'd like your installation dialogs to be. More »
End-User Installation Help Display end-user installation help.
Custom GUI Panels Build custom GUI panels without programming.
Installation Password and Serial Number Protection Enable or disable features or components at installation time.
User Input Validation Evaluate user responses using regular expressions and display customizable messages.
Add Custom Installation Panels Add custom installation panels using open API.
Enable sophisticated command-line installations Pre-built console -based (text and telnet) actions allow sophisticated command-line installations.
Add custom console actions Add custom console actions using open API .
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. More »
Progress Bar Control These new APIs allow you control of the progress bar at Pre-Install, Install, Post-Install, Pre-Uninstall, and Post-Uninstall. More »
Installation UI Customization Options Customize the look and feel of your installation More »
GUI Installations Creates GUI installations quickly and easily with pre-built panels.
Bulleted Installation Steps Bulleted list of installation steps, highlighted automatically at each phase of installation.
ASCII or HTML-formatted Text Displays ASCII or HTML-formatted text in License Agreement panel.
Customizable installation GUI. Advanced, completely customizable installation GUI offers a sophisticated and easy to use experience.
Billboards, Screens, and Panel images Display custom billboards, splash screens, and panel images.
Un Installers	Enterprise	Standard
Uninstall Phase Exposure New Uninstall view in the Advanced Designer enables developers to easily customize the application uninstaller More »
Display Custom Messages Uninstaller can display custom messages
Query product registry Uninstaller can query product registry (InstallAnywhere's install registry) for installed features and components.
Execute Scripts Uninstaller can execute scripts.
Copy, Move, or Delete Any Files Uninstaller can copy, move, or delete any files.
Launch Default Browser and Display a Web Page Uninstaller can launch default browser and display a web page.
Silent Uninstaller Uninstaller can run silently, in a console or through telnet		Limited
Remove Running Applications on Windows Uninstaller can remove running applications on Windows.
Design & Build Environment	Enterprise	Standard
Build Configuration Manage multiple configurations for different product editions and internal releases with a single installation project. More »
Tags Associate different set of actions, panels, features, and components with Build configurations More »
Advanced Designer The Advanced Designer is faster, more responsive, and easier to use than ever. More »
Automatically Include Files Automatically include files in installation from Manifest files.
Flow Control Flow control using jump and label actions.
Execute Sub-Installations
Project Portability Use Source Path Variables for project portability.
Small Installations Optimize installation builds for smaller installations.
Advanced Command Line Build Options Build process integration through property files.
Build Projects From Existing Templates New Projects can be built from existing Templates.
Localized IDE Integrated Developer Environment localized in English, French, German, & Japanese.
Pluggable Custom Code Actions Pluggable Custom Code Actions appear in IDE.
Group Actions Actions can be grouped together and treated as a single unit.
Interactive User Guide Minimize the time to create professional installations.
Extensive Graphics Library InstallAnywhere includes extensive graphics library of installation images.
Build for Any Platform from Any Platform
Pre-built Java Virtual Machine Packs
Builds Installations With and Without Java VMs
Easy Project Creation Drag and Drop files and actions; contextual menus for easy project creation.
Legacy Dual-Fork Files Seamlessly handle legacy dual-fork files
Software Updating Functionality Integrate PowerUpdate client for quick addition of software updating functionality.
Project Wizard Six-step Project Wizard builds projects quickly.
Automatically Find Java Main Class
Sets Java Classpath Automatically
Design, Build, and Test Design, build, and test installation all from within design environment.
XML-based Project Files
InstallAnywhere Variables Support Control all aspects of the install process through these variables.
Install Sets Organize installation options into Install Sets (e.g. Typical & Minimal).
Features and Components Organize installation options into Features and Components.
Build from Command Line
Execute Return Codes
Export to InstallAnywhere.NET Project File Option
Source Control Management Software Compliance Compatible with Source Control Management software like ClearCase and Perforce. More »
Support for Digital Signatures on Windows InstallAnywhere introduces the ability to digitally sign Windows installations. More »
Strict Java Virtual Machine Selection Strict Java Virtual Machine selection for Installations and LaunchAnywhere More »
Suite Installations	Enterprise	Standard
Creates suite installations
Installation Merge Module Communication Merge Modules now have the ability to pass variables back to the master installation. More »
Import Merge Modules Import Panels and Actions from a Merge Module into a master project as an Action Group. More »
Pre-installed Features and Components Querry Querry product registry (InstallAnywhere's install registry) for pre-installed features and components.
Distribution Methods	Enterprise	Standard
Deliver Installations for Every Platform Delivers installations for every platform using a single CD/DVD.
Build Installations Multiple CD/DVD Distribution
Payload Optimization Improvements In a new approach to handling duplicate files, InstallAnywhere now detects source duplication at a file level and only bundles one copy of the source. By bundling only one copy, InstallAnywhere significantly reduces the footprint of your installations, and that cuts download time for end users as well as CD/DVD costs for larger installations.
FLEXnet Connect Integration InstallAnywhere makes it possible to integrate FLEXnet Connect with the installation (FLEXnet Connect is licensed separately). More »
Install Directly from the Web Install directly from the Web through InstallAnywhere Web Installation (Java applet).
Launch Installation Automatically Applet launches installation automatically or by user request.

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