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Introduced or Enhanced in InstallAnywhere 2010	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).
Maintenance Mode Add or remove features to previously installed products and repair broken installations More »
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.
Uninstall Phase Exposure New Uninstall view in the Advanced Designer enables developers to easily customize the application uninstaller More »
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 »
Introduced or Enhanced in InstallAnywhere 2009	Enterprise	Standard
Better Target Java Runtime Environments Save time using a new search algorithm to automatically determine if a specific Java Runtime Environment is already installed on a target machine. More »
Payload Optimization Improvements InstallAnywhere now detects source duplication at a file level and only bundles one copy of the source, significantly reducing the footprint of your installations More »
More Customized End-User Panels Better customize end-user installation panels by controlling the position, font, and color settings for labels and fields. More »
New and Expanded APIs InstallAnywhere gives you even more flexibility in designing installations with new and expanded APIs. More »		Limited
Windows Check Platform Rule Save time with a new Windows All option that executes an action for any supported Windows platforms, eliminating manual checks for each one.
Install Phase Action Group Apply rules to a group of actions instead of just individual actions, eliminating manual steps during installation authoring.
Localization Support Customize your installer’s splash screen with a localized title, image, instructions, or other information. More »
Introduced or Enhanced in InstallAnywhere 2008 Value Pack 1	Enterprise	Standard
Windows Server 2008 Support InstallAnywhere makes it easy to install your software products on Windows Server 2008.
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.
AIX Registration Support InstallAnywhere improves its AIX support by giving developers the ability to register installations into the AIX native registry.
Improved Hebrew and Arabic Support Working with IBM, flexera enhanced InstallAnywhere’s support for Hebrew and Arabic runtime text by adding specific improvements to mnemonics.
Available as a Concurrent License For large engineering teams that use InstallAnywhere during selective intervals, InstallAnywhere can now be purchased as a concurrent license.
Introduced or Enhanced in InstallAnywhere 2008	Enterprise	Standard

Dynamic Build Targets You can now use InstallAnywhere to bundle multiple VM instances for each platform you target, making your installations more flexible More »
UAC Support for Windows Vista Installations For your installations that target Windows Vista, InstallAnywhere includes support for User Account Control (UAC). More »
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 »
Hebrew and Arabic Runtime Support Present installation text in Hebrew and Arabic and display dialog text, buttons, and other controls from right to left. More »
Entry Point for Plugins at Build Time Use custom code to add resources to your installations, such as changing files at runtime.
Automated Testing Support Save QA testing time and increase installation reliability by running Java code to automatically verify the quality of your installations. More »
Server Deployment Support A “Hosts” view enables you to deploy software on application and database servers. More »
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 »
Runs on Windows Vista For organizations moving to Windows Vista, InstallAnywhere itself now runs on 32-bit Windows Vista.
New Platform Support Deploy your applications to even more platforms with new support for Mac OS X 10.5 and enhanced support for Windows Vista, as well as support for Java 1.6. More »
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 »
Scrollable Install Complete Panel Improve your software’s installation experience by notifying users that the installation is finished with the new Install Complete Panel. More »
Introduced or Enhanced in InstallAnywhere 8	Enterprise	Standard

InstallAnywhere Collaboration Reference Developer Installation Manifest (DIM) files created with the new InstallAnywhere Collaboration module. More »
Service Layer Integration The new services layer allows you to easily add advanced functionality to your custom code actions. More »
Resizable Dialogs You can now specify how large you'd like your installation dialogs to be. More »
Improved Accessibility Create installations that are Section 508-compliant with new accessibility improvements including support for screen readers, high-contrast, mnemonics. More »
FLEXnet Connect Integration InstallAnywhere 8 makes it possible to integrate FLEXnet Connect with the installation (FLEXnet Connect is licensed separately). More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Introduced or Enhanced in InstallAnywhere 7	Enterprise	Standard
Shared Components With InstallAnywhere, components can be shared between different applications. More »
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 »
J2SE 5.0 Support
Strict Java Virtual Machine Selection Strict Java Virtual Machine selection for Installations and LaunchAnywhere More »
Cross-product Dependencies Dependencies allow for the conditional installation of specific software applications based on the current system configuration. More »
Introduced or Enhanced in InstallAnywhere 6	Enterprise	Standard
Customizable Uninstaller
Localized Designer Developers who speak English, French, German, and Japanese can author multiplatform installations using their native language. More »
Installation support for digital signatures InstallAnywhere introduces the ability to digitally sign Windows installations. More »
RPM Package Installation Installing RPM packages is easy with InstallAnywhere.
Execute Action Return Codes
Introduced or Enhanced in InstallAnywhere 5.5	Enterprise	Standard
End-user help