InstallAware Studio Admin v18.07

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InstallAware Studio Admin is the premier software installation solution for Windows Installer that provides you with true Windows Installer rapid development productivity.

Hybrid Installation Technology
Exclusive! Hybrid Installation Technology  
InstallAware’s unique Hybrid Installation Technology helps you break though the Windows Installer barrier! Your setups are now faster, immune to corrupted Windows Installer stacks on target systems (which would cause your setups to fail through no fault of your own), and best of all, you get to switch between Native Code and Windows Installer setup engines at runtime, as often as you need! You have the choice.

Windows Installer is finally scriptable. Its MSI without the rocket science.
Exclusive! Simplified Windows Installer 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! Hybrid App-V Builder
Instantly build any InstallAware setup project as an App-V Application Virtualization Package. There's nothing new to learn! Embrace and extend App-V technology by packaging both 32 bit and 64 bit applications inside a single, merged App-V binary. Best of all, InstallAware's App-V Builder costs only 1/5th of the competition - for a more capable product!.

Exclusive! App-V Viewer
InstallAware is the only installer to ship with a fully functionaly App-V Viewer. Inspect the files, registry keys, application entry points, virtual services, and even the environment variables contained inside any App-V binary - even those that weren't built using InstallAware's App-V Builder.

New! Digital Rights Management
InstallAware DRM protects any Win32, Win64, or .NET application - with zero changes to your existing source code! Use any number of expiration parameters in Try-and-Die mode.

Exclusive! Out-of-the-Box Windows 8.1 Support
From displaying installation progress on the Windows Taskbar, to unpinning your applications from the controversial new Windows 8.1 Start Screen, and pinning them to the Windows Taskbar, InstallAware gives you the best exposure for your applications through smart use of the latest technology.

Exclusive! Set up 64 Bit and 32 Bit Systems with the Same Installer
Detect and support ia64 and x64 systems including Itanium, AMD64, and EM64T. Only InstallAware allows you to ship a single hybrid MSI for both your 32 bit and 64 bit customers.

Detect and manage setups on virtual machines

Exclusive! Detect and Manage Setups on Virtual Machines
Now InstallAware can check your target system and detect whether the operating system is running on a virtual machine. A simple checkbox lets you limit distributions to physical machines.

InstallAware provides rapid MSI development.

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.

Import .MSI and .MSM files

Directly import MSI databases and Merge Modules created by other packaging applications, and edit them within InstallAware.

Only to support Aero Glass

Exclusive! Only to Support Aero Glass
InstallAware is the only installer that lets you create custom glass surfaces on your installation wizards. InstallAware also ships with a built-in Aero Wizard setup theme so your setups look light years ahead of your competition!

Point-and-click to build installation dialogs.

Dialog Designer
InstallAware's powerful dialog editor lets you customize the 17 pre-built setup themes, or design your own themes. A full range of visual controls are available, including Explorer-style browse functionality, and HTML/Flash containers.


One click dependency preinstalls, for MSXML, J Sharp, IE 6, C++ Runtimes, and more.
Exclusive! One-Click Technology Preinstalls

Deploy technology modules and runtimes, such as Microsoft SQL Express 2014, from your setup in a single step. Any related preinstalls are added to your project automatically. Plus, the preinstall sequence branches by platform.

MSI Custom Actions are much easier than with InstallShield.

Exclusive! Customization without Complexity

InstallAware setups launch without having to install dependencies or script engines. Still, you can completely customize your setup even if you don't have a computer science degree, or advanced Windows Installer knowledge.

Build tiny patches based on byte-level diffs.

Exclusive! 1-Click Patching
Select your old and new setups, click Build Patch, and InstallAware automatically generates a native MSP-file that is packaged using advanced compression.

Add DLLs to your project in six easy steps.

Extend Setups with DLLs

Run any DLL as part of your setup, without requiring a particular function format or Windows Installer sequencing. MSIcode allows you to pass parameters from your setup to a DLL and integrate the return values.

Plug in C++ or Delphi code.
Exclusive! Extend Setups with Plug-Ins
Build your own setup plug-ins that natively interact with InstallAware MSIcode. Use your favorite programming language to perform complex setup tasks, without being encumbered by MSI constraints or a foreign development environment.

Generate complete setups from the command line
Automation Interface
Programmatically create, modify, and compile setups. Available in a standard Win32 DLL that can be called from any Windows application, and as a COM object for use in ASP scripts on a web server.

Build multiple MSI product configurations from the same script.
Exclusive! Integrated Product Configuration Management
All the code necessary to build different configurations of your product is included in your project, plus compiler variables allow you to specify different output media, product names, compression settings, even different feature sets from the same source.

Let multiple Windows Installer developers collaborative on the same setup.
Reusable Scripts
Reference separate blocks of MSIcode using the Include Scripts command, which allows you to build a collection of setup functions that can be used in many different setup projects.

MSIcode lets you spend less time debugging, but the integrated debugging tool also speeds testing.

Integrated Debugging
Debug your setups visually with the integrated debugger. Set variable watches, step through code line by line, override variable values.

Dynamic Scanning Tool
Automatically add the file dependencies for your application to any selected directory or feature in your project.

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Enhanced! Automated Translations

Use InstallAware's Localization Wizard to automatically translate your user interface and MSIcode script. Switch languages at compile time or runtime. Existing translations are preserved when making changes to your MSIcode and user interface.

Project converters for Wise, InnoSetup, and NSIS.
Legacy Project Converters
Automatically import or convert project files from Wise, Inno Setup, or NSIS. Import compiled InstallShield Express or InstallShield Basic MSI projects as .MSI files.

Directly import Registry Keys and Values stored in .REG files or COM servers. Simply click Import from the Registry View, then browse to the file.

New! Auto-Correcting Fields
Now with the auto-correcting IDE, you are spared from common authoring mistakes and pitfalls. Dismissible help hints have also been added to guide you through certain processes.