InstallAware Developer

Generating an installation wizard and subsequently an installer package is one of the most prominent step in the deployment of a application. This task needs to be undertaken by a developer very carefully as the installation wizard should be simple enough for the user to understand all the configurations and settings, and should be fast. Unfortunately, conventional and classic methods of designing installer files are no more suitable because the setup file needs to be small and efficient as per the industry trends and traditional means would mean a diversion of development time. If you are stuck at the last step before deploying your application i.e. preparing the installer package, then you must consider InstallAware Developer for Windows Installer v.10 as a viable option for your requirements.

InstallAware Developer for Windows Installer is an MSI package builder readily installable and small in size for the ease of end user. The program has an intuitive graphical user interface which shows a column pane on the left hand side consisting of list of objects and instances in a tree structure lay out and corresponding contents in the display box in center. The program provides easy setup building by automatically managing all the install sequences and installer conditions. The program facilitates simplified configuration of drop in setup actions without the requirement of any expert programming skills and the whole operation can be conducted simply using dialog boxes. The generated installer database package completely supports on demand installation, advertising, resiliency and enhanced privilege installation. The program supports visual development of setup to a large extent with support features like drag and drop functionality, support for templates, wizards etc. With its amazing compression capabilities including technology like LZMA Compression Algorithm, the setup file can be compressed up to five times the actual package.

InstallAware Developer for Windows Installer v.10 gets a score of four rating points on the scale of five for providing the user with ease of developing efficient installer packages.

Exclusive! Simplified Installation Wizard Based Windows Installer MSI Development
InstallAware's powerful MSIcode simplifies setup development by transparently managing all of your Windows Installer conditions, installation sequences and parameters using a concise and human-readable setup language. Drop-in setup actions are configured using dialogs, without requiring programming skills. MSIcode builds a standard Windows Installer database package that fully supports advertising, install-on-demand, elevated privilege installation, and resiliency.
Exclusive! Mirrored Code and Visual Development
InstallAware's advanced development tools include wizards, templates, drag-and-drop editing, and refined task views-with the added benefit of immediate MSIcode generation. Start a project in seconds in with visual tools, then switch to the Code View to add branching logic, variables, and advanced configuration options. Unlike InstallShield's isolated script and visual environments, when you modify settings in one view, the other view changes instantly.
Exclusive! One-Click Technology Preinstalls
Deploy technology modules and runtimes, such as Microsoft SQL Express 2008 R2, from your setup in a single step. Any related preinstalls are added to your project automatically. Plus, the preinstall sequence branches by platform.
Exclusive! Multi-Core Compression
InstallAware uses all available processor cores during the build process to reduce build times. You have the latest in hardware - why let your software hold you down? Build twice as fast with a dual core processor, and four times as fast with a quad core processor. Scale up to more cores effortlessly and automatically.
Exclusive! Superior Compression
Reduce the size of your setups and download packages by up to 5x with the LZMA compression algorithm and BCJ2 compression pre-processors. Only InstallAware provides advanced compression for Windows Installer setups.