Top Features InstallShield 2012

TOP FEATURES	Premier	Professional	Express
Suite Installs With the new InstallShield Suite Project type, multiple products can be easily bundled together into a single, unified suite installation. More »
Installation Streaming Installation Streaming reduces the downloading wait time required before installation can begin. More »
InstallShield Collaboration The InstallShield 2012 Collaboration add-on has been significantly enhanced to better support distributed, collaborative installation development More »
Application Tagging InstallShield 2012 is the only strategic installation development solution that creates ISO 19770-2 software identification tags as part of the installation development process. More »
Monitoring for COM Extraction InstallShield 2012 supports a new monitoring method for COM extraction. The method uses a kernel driver to monitor the areas of the registry that are modified during dynamic COM extraction at build time and static COM extraction at design time. It combines the advantages that the earlier methods provided, allowing the DLL to read existing registries entries and preventing changes to the build machine.
Merge Module Projects Merge Module Projects now include built-In support for IIS, text file changes, and XML file changes. This property corresponds with the Required Execution Level setting on the Setup.exe tab for a release in the Releases view. This property is available for Basic MSI, InstallScript, and InstallScript MSI projects.
Microsoft App-V Support Deploy your applications as App-V virtual packages that run without conflict. More »	With Virtualization Pack	With Virtualization Pack
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Support Easily install software on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. More »
Visual Studio Support Microsoft recommends that all Visual Studio developers standardize on InstallShield. More »
Enhanced 64-Bit Application Support New functionality gives developers more power to deploy applications on 64-bit systems. More »
Multilingual Support Present installation text in up to 35 languages, eliminating hours of installation dialog and message box translation. More »
Standalone Build System Maintain a clean build machine by using only the part of InstallShield that builds the installations. More »	5 Free Licenses	1 Free License
InstallShield Best Practices Validation Suite Avoid common installation issues by getting alerts from validators in this suite, if your installation violates best-practices guidelines. More »
Try and Die Functionality Create a fully functional trial version of your product with a few simple configuration changes. More »
Automation Interface Improvements Use script to add new files, add or delete features, initiate the build process, and change product name and upgrade code, release settings, summary information stream items, release flags, and more. More »
Industry-Standard InstallScript Achieve maximum flexibility in your installations with InstallScript—a powerful and easy-to-use scripting language. More »
Dialog Editor The Dialog Editor lets you modify the layout of existing end-user dialogs or create new custom dialogs. Import and export dialogs to share them across projects. Construct different dialogs for each language supported in the project. More »
Patch Creation Patches created with the Premier and Professional editions contain updates to a previous installation or set of installations on a file-level or byte-level basis. Distribute on the Internet and save end-user time and server bandwidth. More »
Setup Prerequisite Editor Create custom setup prerequisites that you can include in your projects. More »
Project Assistant Jumpstart a project by using a simplified set of views to quickly guide you through the installation process. More »
Create Windows Installer (MSI) Installations Quickly and easily create Basic MSI installations by specifying files, registry settings, shortcuts, and other installation behavior, with InstallShield's easy-to-use interface. More »
IIS Tools for Web Apps New IIS scanner and improved view make it easy to create IIS Web sites, applications, and virtual directories. More »		Limited	Limited

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