Tarma QuickInstall description
Creates fast, compact, and full-featured software installers

Tarma Installer creates fast, compact, and full-featured Windows-compliant software installers for Microsoft Windows platforms, with a small distribution size, a straightforward and clean user interface, and smart install and uninstall behavior.

This program allows that even an unexperienced user can create fast and flexible Setup packages for his application, no matter what size it is and how many files includes.

Tarma Installer requires no scripting; includes an intuitive and comprehensive development environment with extensive preflight checking to suit novices and experts alike.

Here are some key features of "Tarma QuickInstall":

Tarma QuickInstall installer
· Microsoft Windows-compliant software installation and removal;
· Straightforward user interface, requiring minimal user interaction for both installation and removal;
· Optional Readme and License Agreement pages;
· Optional Customer Registration page;
· Customizable Setup graphics and icon;
· Target system requirements checks – make sure that the requirements for your application are met before installation;
· Customer-selectable installation folder with sensible defaults;
· Creation of application shortcuts on the Windows Desktop, Start menu, and/or Programs folder;
· Creation of an application folder with additional shortcuts under the Programs folder of the Windows Start menu;
· Installation of new or modified files, including the creation of all required folders;
· Built-in support for the registration of DLL ActiveX controls, device drivers, services, type libraries, fonts, and REGEDIT4 files — no need for separate regsvr32.exe, regini.exe, or other registration utilities;
· Delayed installation of (system) files that are in use during the installation process;
· Post-boot registration of DLLs, ActiveX controls, type libraries, etc. if necessitated by delayed installation of new files;
· Optional App Paths registration for your application;
· Full registry editing, INI file installation and modifications, and environment variable installation and removal;
· Ability to run arbitrary external programs at any time during installation or removal, including self-contained third-party software installation packages with full control over system restarts;
· Platform-dependent installation of files, registry settings, INI file keys, environment variables, and external actions to allow different installation configurations for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, and XP;
· One-click uninstall functionality that completely removes all installed components: files, folders, shortcuts, registry entries, INI file changes, environment variables, and the uninstaller itself.
· Smart uninstall of shared files — will correctly and without customer intervention remove or retain shared (system) files, even if their SharedDlls reference counts are unreliable;
· Multilingual support, both as a single multilingual installer and as per-language installers;
· Silent installation mode for unattended software installation or removal;
· Optional uninstallation of previous application version during upgrades;
· Seamlessly extensible through the use of Extension DLLs;
· Built-in decompression of distribution packages;
· Small distribution size: a single executable of 75 KB incorporates all installation, registration, and removal functionality.

Tarma QuickInstall development environment
· Task-oriented environment with familiar and convenient user interface elements, combining the guidance of a wizard-like approach with immediate access to any part of your installation project;
· Quick and easy addition of installation files – just drag & drop and Tarma QuickInstall will create the entire installation tree;
· Smart defaults and diagnostics based on file analysis – never again overlook COM server registration, distribute files with debug info still attached, or with missing VERSIONINFO;
· More than 190 preflight checks to improve the quality of your Setup package and reduce the number of potential problems;
· Project variables allow you to define information once, refer to it many times, and be confident that any changes are propagated automatically;
· In-place editing of Readme and License Agreement text, with previews at the window size used during installation;
· Digital signatures – automatically sign the Setup package after a successful build;
· Batch mode operation to perform unattended builds;
· Extensive logging of the build process, including all installation files, to create an audit trail of your distributions;
· Built-in distribution file compression.


Requirements:

TIN Builder
· At least 2 MB of available disk space prior to installation. The amount of disk space required to build Setup packages depends on the contents of the project under consideration.
· At least 32 MB of RAM on Windows 95, 98, and Me systems; at least 64 MB of RAM on Windows NT4 and 2000, and at least 128 MB of RAM on Windows XP systems.
· A video card and corresponding display operating at a resolution of 800x600 pixels or greater, with 256 or more colors.

TIN Setup
· Available disk space requirements depend on the contents of the distribution package; for Setup.exe and its installation script, at least 45-60 KB is required.
· Minimum RAM requirements are the same as the minimum RAM requirements of the operating system.
· All video modes of at least 640x480 pixels with 16 or more colors are supported.


Limitations:

· The trial version is fully functional, but does not allow distribution of the installers.