InstallShield 2014 SP1 Premier Edition v21.1.00

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Program Name: InstallShield 2014 Premier Edition v21.1.00
Developer: Flexera Software
Homepage: http://www.flexerasoftware.com/products/installshield.htm
Release Date: December 2014
Interface Language: Multilingual
Platform: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7
File Size: 216.05 MB

InstallShield allows you to create flexible installations quickly and easily across all Windows operating systems. First-time developers find it easy to create installations, while power users find its depth and flexibility perfect for developing complex software installations. InstallShield makes it easy for development teams to be more agile, flexible and collaborative when building reliable Windows Installer (MSI) and InstallScript installations for desktop, server, Web and mobile applications.

InstallShield provides an environment to configure the project, create a script and the final release distribution - both in the .msi, and various virtual formats. This is one of the best known solutions for creating installers for the Windows platform. There are three editions of the complex - Express, Professional and Premier. The last of these is considered to be the most functional (see. Compare versions ). Not so long ago it was released the updated package InstallShield 2014, which will be discussed further.

What's New in 2014：
Design DPI-Aware Installations (Express, Professional and Premier Editions) - All InstallShield project types are now DPI-aware, ensuring an optimized user experience when your customers install software on high-DPI devices.
Deploy to Microsoft Azure SQL Databases (Premier and Professional Editions) - Support hybrid cloud scenarios by deploying database scripts directly to Microsoft Azure SQL databases.
Check for Updates and Patches at Install Time (Professional and Premier Editions) - Automatically check for updates at install time and enable customers to check for updates from a Suite installation's maintenance mode.
Upgrade Multi-instance Installations (Professional and Premier Editions) - Develop upgrades that can detect the presence of multiple instances of a product on target systems, providing end-users with options to select the instance to upgrade. Now supports both major and minor upgrades.
Provision Virtual Machines from the InstallShield IDE for Testing Installations (Premier Edition) - Reduce testing time and eliminate manual steps by automatically provisioning virtual machines: choose test image snapshots, power on virtual machines, and stage setups directly from the InstallShield IDE. Supports VMware® vSphere, VMware Workstation, and Microsoft Hyper-V®.
Install Web Applications to Microsoft Azure and Microsoft IIS using Microsoft Web Deploy (Premier Edition) - Advanced UI installations give your customers the flexibility to deploy web applications to their choice of infrastructure including local machines, remote servers in the data center or Microsoft Azure in the cloud.

Projects can be imported from Microsoft Visual Studio, or created on the basis of the available templates. When you create a project from scratch to choose one of several available types:
Basic MSI-project - uses Windows Installer technology available call InstallScript-, VBScript-, Jscript-scripts, and exe-dll-files.
InstallScript project - InstallScript used to control installation
InstallScript MSI-project - sharing Windows Installer and InstallScript installations for deployment.
In turn, for each type of said plurality of attaching additional projects. In general, except for installers can create complex association modules (Redistributable), and modifiers (Transform).
There are several options for joining InstallShield, one of them - to use step by step setup wizard (Project Assistent), which starts automatically when you create a new project. More detailed configuration is done in the window installation designer. Settings are grouped as follows:
Information about the installation (Installation Information) - table with general information about the project. Here, in particular, you can choose the default language of the installer. Total InstallShield supports more than 30 locations.
Organization (the Organization) - includes Installer design, list of features and components that will be presented to the user to choose from during the installation.
Application Data (application data) - application data, such as files, modules and dependencies. Some of the components can be installed locally, others must be downloaded during installation.
System Configuration (System Configuration): shortcuts, resources, configuration files, and other services.
Server Configuration - server configuration in accordance with the requirements of the installer. These include IIS settings, components, services, SQL-scripts for SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Azure, MySQL, or Oracle. Using the Microsoft Web Deploy, you can download depending, run scripts to perform tasks on the server.
Behavior and logic (logic and behavior) - scripts, actions, files for installation, etc..
User Interface (UI) - the design of the installer, including the design of dialogues, images, text and other data. The choice of available themes, very flexible adjustment of existing dialogues until the drag and drop each item. Line editor allows you to work with localizations.
Media - management environment variables, configuration updates and product releases, patches.
Additional tools (Additional Tools): scanner file dependencies, the MSI-direct debugger and editor designed to show the project structure in the form of a table.

As a scripting language for creating installers acts InstallScript, having similarities with C and allows you to create custom actions (Custom Actions). Thus, scripts help when you call dll-libraries, start an application, VBScript-, Jscript-, InstallScript- scripts and more. al.

To correct the code used in the InstallShield editor with syntax highlighting and autocompletion. In addition, the master user actions (Custom Action Wizard) can be used to create an action.

System Requirements
Pentium III-class PC (500 MHz or higher recommended)
256 MB of RAM (512 MB preferred)
500 MB free space
Designed for XGA resolution at 1024 × 768 or higher
Windows Vista、7、8、8.1、Server 2008、2008 R2、2012、2012 R2





Downlaod：
InstallShield2014ExpressComp.exe
InstallShield2014PremierComp.exe
InstallShield2014ProfessionalComp.exe
InstallShield2014SP1ProfessionalComp.exe