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InstallAware Express for Windows Installer Changelog

What's new in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 16 Build 6.22.13 H Five-0

Jun 26, 2013
  • IDE:
  • The IDE has now been upgraded to Unicode.
  • Tools and Libraries:
  • All tools and libraries have now been upgraded to Unicode.
  • A new Unicode automation interface is now available.
  • The old ANSI automation interface is still supported.
  • A new Unicode Upgrade Tool is available for upgrading projects in legacy InstallAware versions to Unicode.
  • Plug-Ins:
  • All plug-ins have been upgraded to Unicode.
  • You may now build plug-ins in Unicode.
  • Old ANSI plug-ins are still supported.
  • The Call DLL Function plug-in now defaults to Unicode versions of API calls instead of ANSI versions.
  • The MS SQL Server, Oracle Database, and My SQL plug-ins now accept Unicode SQL scripts.
  • Setup Engine:
  • The setup engine has now been upgraded to Unicode.
  • The new $CHARSET_OVERRIDE$ pre-defined variable is no longer necessary to automatically change dialog font character sets without having to duplicate dialogs in multi-lingual setups. This is now automatic with Unicode.
  • Setup User Interface:
  • The setup user interface has now been upgraded to Unicode.
  • Updated Scripting Commands:
  • All scripting commands have now been upgraded to Unicode.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 15 Build 12.12.12 Naquadria (Dec 12, 2012)

  • IDE:
  • The IDE may now import self-registration data from 64 bit COM servers using the Registry design view.
  • The IDE now allows choosing between three different web update modes: automatic, manual, or scheduled.
  • Settings for the new Native Engine 2.0 have been added to the Power Tweaks design view.
  • All components, including the automation interface, the IDE, plug-ins, and the command line build tool, now transcend path length limitations when building setups.
  • Tools and Libraries:
  • The new InstallAware Inline Update tool permits you to issue inline updates for large monolithic or web deployed setups over low bandwidth connections.
  • The updated PackageAware tool is now the fastest setup repackager in the industry.
  • The updated PackageAware tool supports multiple custom capture profiles.
  • The updated PackageAware tool directly captures setups using proprietary InstallAware technologies.
  • The updated PackageAware tool saves and compares any two arbitrary system snapshots.
  • Plug-Ins:
  • The runtimes for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.x have been enhanced to enable installation on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 even on unstable Internet connections.
  • The runtimes for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.x have been updated to enable installation on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
  • The new automatic web update mode directly checks for, downloads, and runs newer setup versions when an installation is run, which may also be used to build dynamically updated product bundles with your main installation.
  • Setup Engine:
  • The setup engine can now successfully install your product under all combinations of display languages, user account names, and system locales for non-unicode programs.
  • The new $NATIVE_OVERRIDE_PERMISSIONS$ pre-defined variable permits to overwrite file and registry data in protected system areas when using the new Native Engine 2.0 when the original object permissions can be retained.
  • The new $NATIVE_OVERRIDE_NON_RESTORABLE_PERMISSIONS$ pre-defined variable permits to overwrite file and registry data in protected system areas when using the new Native Engine 2.0, even when the original object permissions cannot be retained.
  • Setup User Interface:
  • The AeroBackButton now automatically displays Windows 8 style back buttons when running on Windows 8 or newer.
  • New Scripting Commands:
  • The new Find All Registry command obtains the names of all subkeys or values contained within a registry key.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer NX Build 8.24.12 Mooooya (Aug 28, 2012)

  • IDE:
  • The Summary, UAC, and ISO design view now lets you set the ISO/IEC 19770-2:2009 software identification (SWID) tag for your application.
  • The New Project dialog now lets you promote any setup project into a project template.
  • The Replace dialog now replaces all instances of text found in a setup command, instead of replacing only the first instance.
  • The Authenticode Signature design view now has an option to automatically code sign all .EXE, .DLL, .OCX, .SYS, .CPL, .DRV, and .SCR files being installed by setup for Windows 8 logo program compliance.
  • The Build Settings design view now has an option to automatically build all setup layouts as MSI files.
  • The Project Manager now opens all script and dialog browsers inside the active project folder.
  • The Add Dialogs to Project window now permits adding more than one custom dialog simultaneously.
  • You may now create and navigate to bookmarks inside the MSIcode script editor.
  • The code navigation drop-downs now include the full list of available MSIcode script bookmarks.
  • The IDE now prompts to confirm when you attempt to save a read-only file, to ensure your project folders remain synchronized with source control.
  • The IDE most recently used file list now accomodates double the number of projects and displays full project paths on mouse-over.
  • Tools and Libraries:
  • The Dialog Editor now automatically refactors rules when the name of a dialog control is changed.
  • A Visual Studio 2012 Add-In is now available. The add-in automatically generates and builds InstallAware setups for your Visual Studio 2012 solutions. These may then be built as App-V virtualized packages using the Build App-V Package tool.
  • All Visual Studio Add-In generated projects have been updated for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 eco-system, automatically including the new Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 runtimes as necessary.
  • Group Policy Wizard generated MSI files now do not display dual User Account Control elevation prompts. Elevation prompts are no longer hidden in the background.
  • Group Policy Wizard generated MSI files now display progress feedback with cancel support when extracting large payloads.
  • The App-V Viewer tool has been updated with performance and stability improvements.
  • The command line build tool may now add patch references not included in the original project.
  • A new MiaBuildProjectEy function is available as part of the automation interface which displays the build window with a parent handle.
  • A new .NET assembly is now available as part of the automation interface for use within the .NET eco-system.
  • New MFC, C#, and ASP.NET samples are available for use with the automation interface.
  • The Product Name and Product Version fields in the version information structures of built EXE files are now populated.
  • Plug-Ins:
  • A new .NET Plug-In Bridge is available for calling managed code plug-in assemblies from your setups.
  • A new runtime is available for Microsoft SQL Server 2012.
  • The runtimes for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 2.0 with Service Pack 1, and 2.0 with Service Pack 2 have been updated to enable installation on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
  • New runtimes are available for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 in both 32 bit and 64 bit flavors.
  • New runtimes are available for the Microsoft Visual C++ 11 Runtime in both 32 bit and 64 bit flavors.
  • New runtimes are available for the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client in both 32 bit and 64 bit flavors.
  • New runtimes are available for the Microsoft IIS Express 8 Web Server in both 32 bit and 64 bit flavors.
  • Setup Engine:
  • The new $CHARSET_OVERRIDE$ pre-defined variable permits to automatically change dialog font character sets without having to duplicate dialogs in multi-lingual setups.
  • Setup billboards now resume automatically from the last billboard shown instead of resetting to the first billboard between different displays of progress dialogs.
  • The $NATIVE_LOGGING$ pre-defined variable can no longer be overridden unless a full file path (including full folder information) is provided.
  • Double-buffering for setup controls is now selectively enabled based on the active system theme, for improved display of setup controls.
  • The new #SIGN_ALL_INPLACE# pre-defined compiler variable controls whether code signing occurs in-place or out-of-place during a build.
  • New Scripting Commands:
  • The new Evaluate XPath Query command runs an XPath query against a specified XML file.
  • The new For Each and Next commands allow for the construction of for loops.
  • Updated Scripting Commands:
  • The Advertised Shortcut/Create Shortcut commands can now run applications as administrator on operating systems with User Account Control (or run them with alternate credentials on operating systems older than Windows Vista).
  • The Advertised Shortcut/Create Shortcut commands can now prevent the automatic inclusion of shortcuts on the new Windows 8 Start Screen.
  • The Advertised Shortcut/Create Shortcut commands can now prevent the user pinning of applications.
  • The Break and Continue commands allow for immediately terminating or continuing to the next iteration of for loops.
  • The Get System Settings command now supports Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine detection.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 2012 Build Mooya 9.26.11 (Dec 13, 2011)

  • IDE:
  • The Files design view now displays both $TARGETDIR$ and $TARGETDIR_X86$ folders when editing hybrid setups containing both 32 bit and 64 bit components, making it very easy to choose where to place your files on 64 bit target operating systems.
  • The IDE now displays native 64 bit registry keys in the Registry design view when running on 64 bit operating systems. Previously, only 32 bit registry keys were visible. These keys still remain visible under the Wow6432Node key.
  • The Shortcuts visual designer of the InstallAware IDE gives your applications prime exposure by pinning them to the Windows 8 Immersive Application Tiles. Use the New Shortcut window to create new shortcuts with pins, or add pins to your existing shortcuts by double-clicking them in the visual designer and editing shortcut properties.
  • Tools and Libraries:
  • The new Build App-V Package tool builds existing InstallAware projects as App-V virtualized packages, either interactively or from the command line. Hybrid 32 bit-64 bit App-V packages are supported.
  • The new App-V Viewer tool views the contents of any existing App-V virtualized package, including those that were not built from InstallAware projects.
  • All build tools, including the automation interface, the IDE, and the command line build tool, may now source files from 64 bit folders when running on 64 bit operating systems. Previously, file system redirection resulted in 32 bit files being sourced instead.
  • A Visual Studio 2011 Add-In is now available. The add-in automatically generates and builds InstallAware setups for your Visual Studio 2011 solutions. These may then be built as App-V virtualized packages using the Build App-V Package tool.
  • Updated Scripting Commands:
  • The Advertised Shortcut/Create Shortcut commands now offer flags to pin the shortcut target to the Windows 8 Immersive Application Tiles. This invaluable real estate provides your applications with prime exposure.
  • The Get Folder Location command can now obtain the path for the Immersive Application Shortcuts folder.
  • The Get OS or SP Level command now supports Windows 8 and Windows Server 8.
  • The Get System Settings command now supports Windows 8, Windows Server 8, Internet Explorer 10, and Internet Information Server 8.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 12 Build Mooya 8.4.11 (Aug 9, 2011)

  • IDE:
  • The new Trialware and DRM design view lets you protect and sell your applications using InstallAware Digital Rights Management.
  • The new Power Tweaks design view lets you browse and edit advanced setup switches, and optimize your setups for performance or integrity.
  • Tools and Libraries:
  • The new InstallAware Digital Rights Management tool permits you to manually wrap your applications and sell them using InstallAware Digital Rights Management, and may participate in automated build processes such as batch files.
  • Setup Engine:
  • The setup engine now features folder path auto-completion for all edit controls which have been bound to path variables. An edit control is bound to a path variable if its Receives Information field has been set to Installation Folder. An edit control is also bound to a path variable if its Receives Information field has been set to [Written Variable Value], and the variable name specified in its Writes Values to Variable field is the same as the name of a button whose Performs Action field has been set to Select Custom Folder (per the same technique used to specify more than one target installation path on the same dialog).
  • The new $CUSTOM_TASKBAR_PROGRESS_ENABLED$ pre-defined variable permits to manually control the new Windows 7 Taskbar progress display.
  • The new $CUSTOM_TASKBAR_PROGRESS_MAX$ pre-defined variable sets the progress maximum for the new Windows 7 Taskbar progress display.
  • The new $CUSTOM_TASKBAR_PROGRESS_PERCENT$ pre-defined variable sets the current progress for the new Windows 7 Taskbar progress display.
  • You may now use the pre-defined variable $NATIVE_LOGGING$ to bind to new setup logs with the Native Code Setup Engine. This enables, for instance, building Multiple Instance setups with the Native Engine.
  • Updated Scripting Commands:
  • The Advertised Shortcut/Create Shortcut commands can now prevent secondary tool and application shortcuts from being highlighted on the new Windows 7 Start Menu.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 11 Build Mooya 6.3.11 (Jun 6, 2011)

  • IDE:
  • A new free edition of InstallAware is available. The free edition integrates with Visual Studio and does not provide a stand-alone IDE or build tools. Projects created by the free edition may be edited in any of the four paid editions.
  • The IDE now features a new Office 2010 style user interface.
  • The new XML Files visual designer lets you edit data inside new or existing XML files.
  • The new Users and Groups visual designer lets you create user accounts and user groups on target systems.
  • The new Games and Media Center visual designer lets you create Windows Games Explorer items on Windows Vista and higher, and Windows Media Center items on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and higher.
  • Tools and Libraries:
  • Various template and sample projects have been updated to take advantage of new Aero support.
  • The Java Template project has been updated for Java Runtime Environment 6, Standard Edition Update 25.
  • The Code Signing tool has been updated to work with PFX format digital signature files, in addition to the existing SPC/PVK format file pairs.
  • Plug-Ins:
  • The application runtimes for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 have been updated to display deterministic installation progress. The client profile runtime is now a dependency of the full runtime.
  • The SQL Server Express plug-in now installs Microsoft SQL Express 2005 with Service Pack 4.
  • A new runtime is available for Microsoft Internet Information Services Express 4.5.
  • New runtimes are available for Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 in x86 and x64 editions.
  • New runtimes are available for Windows Internet Explorer 9 in x86 and x64 editions.
  • Setup Engine:
  • The $MYAHLOGO$ pre-defined variable may be used to hide the InstallAware Wizard setup dialog caption text.
  • The InstallAware Wizard initialization dialog now renders entirely on Aero Glass where available.
  • The InstallAware Wizard initialization dialog icon may now be changed using the Creatives design view.
  • Aero/Glass support in the setup engine has now left beta stage and is production quality. Please see Building Aero Glass Dialogs for more information.
  • The new $GLASS$ pre-defined variable indicates whether Aero or Basic Windows 7 / Windows Vista theme is currently active on the system.
  • The new #IGNOREMISSINGFILES# pre-defined compiler variable controls whether builds fail when invalid file references are found during a build.
  • Setup User Interface:
  • The Impact dialog theme, Official dialog theme, and the Web Update dialogs have been updated for Aero.
  • New dialog controls are available for Aero: AeroButton, AeroBackButton, AeroPNGButton, and AeroPNGImage.
  • New Aero themes are available for Aero: Aero, and Glass.
  • New Scripting Commands:
  • The new Create Games Explorer command creates a new Windows Games Explorer item.
  • The new Create Group command creates a new user group.
  • The new Create Media Center command registers an application with Windows Media Center.
  • The new Create User command creates a new Windows user account and adds it to one or more user groups, with support for detecting the correct user group name, even on localized systems. The command may also be used to add existing user accounts to one or more user groups.
  • The new Delete Games Explorer command deletes an existing Windows Games Explorer item.
  • The new Delete Group command deletes an existing user group.
  • The new Delete Media Center command deletes an application from Windows Media Center.
  • The new Delete User command deletes an existing Windows user account.
  • The new Edit XML File command creates new XML files or edits existing XML files on the target system.
  • The new Get XML File Settings command returns information on element text and attribute values contained inside XML files on the target system.
  • The new System Restore command creates and deletes Windows System Restore Points.
  • The new Terminate Process command safely terminates a running process by calling ExitThread from the context of the process to terminate.
  • Updated Scripting Commands:
  • The Get IIS Property command has been updated with an IIS 7 specific schema.
  • The Set IIS Property command has been updated with an IIS 7 specific schema.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 10 Build Mooya.rtm.51110 (Nov 10, 2010)

  • IDE:
  • The Find, Find Next, and Find and Replace tools may now perform both case sensitive and case insensitive operations.
  • Tools and Libraries:
  • A new Native Setup template is available for creating hybrid 32 bit-64 bit application installers using the new native code setup engine, including support for uninstallation of old product versions as well as the modification of setup features during maintenance mode.
  • A new Win64 Setup template is available for creating 64 bit application installers. The template contains pre-defined system folders for both 32 bit and 64 bit locations.
  • Plug-Ins:
  • The MS SQL Server plug-in no longer attempts connections to Microsoft SQL Server on port 1433 by default. However, any desired port may be specified.
  • Setup Engine:
  • A new Native Code Setup Engine is now built-in. The native code setup engine is capable of executing each Windows Installer based action without requiring Windows Installer on the target system. Additionally, the native code setup engine enables setup actions to execute immediately, without deferring them until Apply Install is called - unlike the Windows Installer engine.
  • The new #NO_MSI# pre-defined compiler variable controls whether MSI databases are created as part of a build process.
  • The new $NATIVE_ENGINE$ pre-defined variable controls whether the native code setup engine or the Windows Installer engine will be driving the installation.
  • The new $DELAYUNTIL_APPLYCHANGES$ pre-defined variable permits emulating Windows Installer engine behavior by delaying the immediate execution of setup actions, even when the native code setup engine is active.
  • The new $NATIVE_ERROR$, $NATIVE_OVERWRITE$, and $NATIVE_OVERWRITE_OLDER$ pre-defined variables control how the native code setup engine handles errors and overwrites during native code installations.
  • The new $NATIVE_LOGGING$ and $NATIVE_ROLLBACK$ pre-defined variables control whether the native code setup engine permits uninstallations and rollbacks of native install actions.
  • The new $RECOMMENDEDUPGRADE$ and $NATIVE_OLDLOG$ pre-defined variables indicate if and where an old setup using the native engine was found on the target system.
  • Setup User Interface:
  • Images may now be loaded onto dialog controls at runtime as follows: Define a script variable that has the same name as the target TImage control on your dialog. Before showing the dialog, set this variable to the full file system path of the image that you wish loaded onto the control (such as a file in $SUPPORTDIR$, or a file installed/already present on the target system). If the variable is not defined in the script or does not contain the full path of a file that exists, the existing image will be used and no new image will be loaded.
  • New Scripting Commands:
  • The new Break and Continue commands allow for immediately terminating or continuing to the next iteration of repeat and while loops.
  • The new Reboot and Login command restarts the target system and resumes setup after the Windows shell has been loaded, complementing the Reboot and Resume command which restarts the target system and resumes setup before the Windows shell has been loaded.
  • The new Repeat and Until commands allow for the construction of repeat loops.
  • The new While and Wend commands allow for the construction of while loops.
  • Updated Scripting Commands:
  • The Get System Settings command now supports obtaining the exact resolution of the target system display, as well as obtaining the exact amount of physical RAM installed.
  • The Install Files, Install Assembly, Install Service, Install ODBC Driver commands now support relative path names and environment variables for source file paths. All paths are relative to the root project folder.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 9 R2 Build Moya.sp2.050510 (May 18, 2010)

  • IDE:
  • The InstallAware IDE now runs without requiring elevated privileges.
  • The InstallAware IDE can now optionally save human readable TXT file accompaniments for each of your script files.
  • The InstallAware IDE now features multi-level undo and redo in the script editor.
  • On Windows 7, the InstallAware IDE now displays build progress and build errors on the Taskbar.
  • The InstallAware IDE can now be configured to allow multiple instances, or to allow only a single instance, using the IDE customization window.
  • On Windows 7, the InstallAware IDE now features common tasks for immediately launching the IDE and building the last active installation project (or the current active project, when multiple instances are disabled and the IDE is already active).
  • The Shortcuts visual designer of the InstallAware IDE gives your applications prime exposure by pinning them to the Windows 7 Taskbar, or the new Start Menu that is available with Windows XP or higher. Use the New Shortcut window to create new shortcuts with pins, or add pins to your existing shortcuts by double-clicking them in the visual designer and editing shortcut properties.
  • The InstallAware IDE and tools may now launch directly with script files and dialog files, in addition to project files which were previously supported. Custom icons for each file type are now registered in Windows.
  • The InstallAware IDE and tools now support the .NET Framework 4 eco-system.
  • The IDE now imports InstallShield setup projects in XML format into ready to build InstallAware setup projects.
  • Tools and Libraries:
  • PackageAware now has an expanded registry and file exclusion list to ensure your captured setups contain as little background noise as possible.
  • PackageAware can now optionally create portable projects to make it easier to rebuild setups on systems other than the capture machine.
  • The command line build tool and automation libraries now correctly fail on builds when a compile error occurs in your scripts.
  • The command line build tool now supports multiple simultaneous builds of the same or different projects in any build mode.
  • The Localization Wizard has been updated to provide automatic localizations in 35 languages for InstallAware generated strings found in setup projects.
  • A Visual Studio 2010 Add-In is now available. The add-in automatically generates and builds InstallAware setups for your Visual Studio 2010 solutions.
  • Plug-Ins:
  • The SQL Server Express plug-in now installs Microsoft SQL Express 2005 with Service Pack 3 and Microsoft SQL Express 2008 with Service Pack 1.
  • The MS SQL Server, Oracle Database, and My SQL plug-ins now return detailed error information, including a textual error description as well as the SQL script fragment which caused the error.
  • The MS SQL Server plug-in now attempts connections to Microsoft SQL Server on port 1433 by default. The default port may be overridden.
  • Plug-Ins can now abort the build process in the CompileTimeBuild function they export.
  • A full collection of 64 bit application runtimes are now built-in.
  • A full collection of runtimes supporting the .NET Framework 4 eco-system are now built-in, including SQL Server 2008 R2 Express.
  • Secure Runtimes for Microsoft Visual C++ are now provided in addition to the legacy runtimes.
  • MySQL Server runtimes are now available.
  • Setup Engine:
  • The setup engine now records restart requests for the installer in the RunOnce registry key, instead of the Run key.
  • The setup engine can be forced to disallow multiple instances using the new #SINGLEINSTANCE# pre-defined compiler variable.
  • The setup engine no longer waits for tasks to complete when cancelled, returning control to the main setup script from plug-ins, external programs, or other external tasks with only a 5 second time-out. This helps prevent unresponsive child tasks from stalling an orderly setup shutdown.
  • The setup engine no longer attempts to re-connect to network or other removable drives at uninstall time, if such drives were used for local resources at install/maintenance time.
  • The setup engine now times out on network downloads (either for web media blocks or with the Download File plug-in) after 10 seconds.
  • The setup engine also restores the previous time-out value after executing a network download.
  • The new #CODEPAGE# pre-defined compiler variable permits you to change the codepage of your MSI databases to ensure successful internationalization of your setups.
  • The new #IAVER# pre-defined compiler variable reports the version of InstallAware used in building the installer, helping you conditionally leverage new InstallAware features, whilst maintaining backwards InstallAware compatibility with your setup projects.
  • The setup engine now provides two new pre-defined variables, $ABORTONERROR$ and $ABORTEDONERROR$, which can be used to prevent setup from exiting when an error occurs or setup is cancelled.
  • The setup engine now reads binary and multi string registry values through Read Registry and Check Registry.
  • The setup compiler now generates shorter MSI component names, but old style long MSI component name generation is still available through the #LONGCOMPONENTS# pre-defined compiler variable.
  • The setup engine now reports the exact include file and line number for runtime errors.
  • The setup engine can now be forced to always preserve downloaded installation data and settings, for a later re-installation, using the new $SAVEDATA$ pre-defined variable. While the setup engine preserves this data during an interrupted installation, it always discards this data after a complete uninstallation.
  • The setup engine can now be instructed to always cache or never cache setup sources, regardless of project build type.
  • The default value for the #NOHARDLINKS# pre-defined compiler variable is now TRUE (previously the default value was FALSE).
  • Setup User Interface:
  • When interactive Flash billboards with sound are used, the sound playback properly stops when the progress dialog is no longer showing.
  • On Windows 7, the setup engine now displays additional notifications in the form of a Taskbar Overlay Icon on the new Windows 7 Taskbar, any time a System Tray command is called with a system tray notification icon set to be displayed.
  • On Windows 7, the setup engine displays native installation progress on the Taskbar. The Taskbar button for setup will additionally turn yellow when end-user input is required, and red when a setup error has occured.
  • The pre-defined variable $PROGRESSMODE$ now provides two additional progress modes on Windows 7 to display native progress in yellow or red color on the Taskbar.
  • Updated Scripting Commands:
  • The Advertised Shortcut/Create Shortcut commands now offer flags to pin the shortcut target to the Windows 7 Taskbar and to pin the shortcut target to the top of the new Start Menu with Windows XP or higher. This invaluable real estate provides your applications with prime exposure.
  • The Advertised Shortcut/Create Shortcut commands now offer the capability to register your application's AppUserModelID with the shortcut.
  • The Register Assembly command now offers a flag to set the codebase in the registry.
  • The Get Folder Location command can now obtain the path for the local (non-roaming and non-shared) application data folder.
  • The Get OS or SP Level command now supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
  • The Get System Settings command now supports Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, and Internet Information Server 7.5.
  • The Schedule Task command now lets tasks run without requiring users to be logged on to the target workstation.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 9.0 (May 6, 2009)

  • InstallAware Express 9 builds Windows Installer MSI packages with 67% improved compression, partial web deployment, and the latest application runtimes, such as SQL Server Express 2005 with Service Pack 2. New in version 9 is full Windows 7 support and the ability to pin installed software.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 8.0 (Sep 8, 2008)

  • InstallAware Express 8 builds Windows Installer MSI packages with 67% improved compression, partial web deployment, and the latest application runtimes, such as SQL Server Express 2005 with Service Pack 2. New in version 8 is integration with Visual Studio for automatic setup project creation.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 7.0 (Jul 24, 2007)

  • InstallAware Express 7 builds Windows Installer MSI packages with 67% improved compression, partial web deployment, and the latest application runtimes, such as SQL Server Express 2005 with Service Pack 2. New in version 7 is a redesigned IDE which makes the tool much easier to use.

New in InstallAware Express for Windows Installer 6.0 (Jun 26, 2006)

  • InstallAware Express 6 builds Windows Installer MSI packages with 67% improved compression, partial web deployment, and the latest application runtimes, such as Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 with Service Pack
  • New in version 6 is unlimited Web Updates, VMware/Virtual PC detection, DIFx 2.01 Driver installations, hybrid 32/64 bit setups, and Vista support. InstallAware's own setup no longer requires a password to install the trial.