New InstallAware 7 Brings the Convenience of Obviousness to Windows Installer Setup Authoring

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New InstallAware 7 Brings the Convenience of Obviousness to Windows Installer SetupAuthoring.

InstallAware 7 is the Visual Basic of software installers, making it easy fornon-specialists to create powerful, compelling Windows Installer setup packages withautomatic Vista Certified logo compliancy.

San Francisco, CA, July 16 2007 InstallAware Software Corporation has releasedInstallAware 7, a setup authoring tool for ISVs and enterprises deploying products,patches, and web updates. InstallAware 7 creates Windows Installer setup packageswith support for the latest technologies, including Microsoft .NET 3.0, MicrosoftSQL Server Express 2005 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, and 64 bit operating systems.

InstallAware takes a novel approach to building Windows Installer setup packages.Instead of having developers face the internals of Windows Installer such asmultiple interconnected database tables, complex component authoring rules,error-prone custom action programming, and sequencing InstallAware presents ahuman readable, self-descriptive script called MSIcode, which spells out line byline each setup action to be taken, along with their associated conditions.Regardless of how the MSIcode script is authored, InstallAware always produces a Vista Certified logo compliant, stand-alone MSI file. This results in tremendoussavings on what would normally be extensive training and development costs forgetting up to speed with Windows Installer technology. Even non-programmers find itvery easy to create sophisticated setups with InstallAware, calling this ease of use the convenience of obviousness .

In addition to being a language that describes how to create MSI packages, MSIcodealso extends Windows Installer technology with branching code flow capabilities.This makes it possible to create intelligent setups with runtime decision makingcapabilities not available before. Allen Bauer, Chief Scientist at CodeGear(formerly Borland), says of their recent switch to InstallAware: Using MSIcode, wehave drastically reduced the need for creating custom plug-ins. Our InstallAwaresetup dynamically defines the features and files to be installed. Instead ofbuilding, maintaining, and shipping separate installers for all the languages, IDEs,and product editions that we offer, we are now able to build and deliver a singleinstall image. This has dramatically reduced our integration workload along withreducing our costs.

The new InstallAware 7 IDE is the first setup authoring toolkit to utilize theRibbon UI, fully leveraged to highlight the core differentiating features ofInstallAware. The Design tab consists of over 30 design views, which enabledevelopers to visually build their software installer. This tab is similar to thegraphical editors found in most other setup authoring tools. However, as developerswork on the Design tab, the IDE automatically emits and updates MSIcode script inthe background. Switching to the MSIcode tab reveals the full setup script, whichcan be customized and edited in any way necessary. Changes made in the MSIcode tabare reflected back in the Design tab, making two-way integrated editing possible,tremendously multiplying developer productivity, and positioning InstallAware as theVisual Basic of software installers, with its visual design and automatic codegeneration capabilities.

Among other time and money saving InstallAware features are, up to 67% smaller setuppackages, the ability to serve unlimited web updates without any fees or royalties,building setups with partially web deployed segments (such as for applicationruntimes), a one-click patch authoring process which builds binary patches simply byreferencing old installer versions, full support for all Windows versions from theoriginal release of Windows 95 Gold to the latest 64 bit version of Windows VistaUltimate, fully customizable dialogs, interactive HTML or Flash content as progressbillboards, custom Vista Aero Glass regions, and unattended deployment via ActiveDirectory Group Policy or other network deployment technologies.

InstallAware is available in four editions, with prices starting at US$199. A timelimited trial and more information is available at http://www.installaware.com/.

About InstallAware Software Corporation

InstallAware Software Corporation, founded in 2003, is a software developmentcompany focused solely on state of the art software installation tools which offerthe highest compression ratios and bullet-proof installations. The company producessoftware installation and compression technologies for the Windows Installer (MSI)platform on the Microsoft Windows Operating System. InstallAware is supported bythousands of users worldwide, and is a CodeGear Integrated Partner. For moreinformation, visit www.installaware.com.

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Candice JonesInstallAware Software Corporation336 Guerrero Street, San Francisco CA 94103415 839 7445 (voice)415 358 4094 (fax)candicej@installaware.co mhttp://www.installaware.com/

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