Installshield 2012 SP1 Premier Edition v19.0.0.165

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Program Name: Installshield 2012 SP1 Premier Edition v19.0.0.165
Developer: Flexera Software
Homepage: http://www.flexerasoftware.com/products/installshield.htm
Release Date: 13 September 2012
Interface Language: Multilingual
Platform: Windows 2000, xp, vista, 7, 8 32/64bit
File Size: 196.87 MB

InstallShield 2012 is the only installation solution capable of supporting the needs of today's sophisticated software producers for packaging both standalone offerings and complex suites. InstallShield 2012, has been updated for a new generation of app-savvy users, delivering a fresh, positive and friendly experience to the exacting standards of today's sophisticated users. And – it's the only solution providing automated tools that empower software producers to productize, package and install their products in both traditional MSI and virtual formats. Understanding the needs of today's decentralized agile teams, means that Flexera Software can design a world-class installation solution that supports the installation authoring, building and bundling requirements of these teams.

Suite Installations
Today's software producers are highly sophisticated when developing, packaging and distributing their software products. It's critical that they are able to offer products to the market as standalone offerings or bundled suites, while creating a unified installation experience. Until now, there hasn't been a solution that supports the complex product packaging requirements for a unified suite installation experience. With the new InstallShield Suite Project type, multiple products can be easily bundled together into a single, unified suite installation eliminating the need to develop a complex custom launcher or bootstrapper application.

Installation Streaming
Meeting the needs of a new generation of "app-store savvy" users means that installations must be painless, fast and virtually transparent. With the new Installation Streaming feature, end users need only download a small file to quickly start the installation, giving a more immediate interaction with the product installation. Because only the required packages are ever downloaded, the overall installation time can be greatly reduced.

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Installation Collaboration
Installation development used to be an isolated, tactical step at the tail end of an application development process managed by a dedicated team member. Today, it must be integrated into the agile development practices, where installation responsibilities are distributed amongst the team and are an essential element of the iterative, development process. The InstallShield 2012 Collaboration add-on has been significantly enhanced to better support distributed, collaborative installation development allowing product developers and technical writers to create and manage their portion of the installation.

64-Bit Enhancements
Windows 7 adoption continues and is also driving the adoption of the 64-bit operating system. Gartner predicts that by 2014, 75% of corporate PCs will be running 64-bit version of Windows. Comprehensive support for 64-bit installation development is now mandatory and InstallShield 2012 has been enhanced with new capabilities to provide the most comprehensive support for 64-bit installation development.

Application Tagging
Enterprise customers have grown more sophisticated about software compliance management. If customers cannot easily track software usage they risk non-compliance. Software "self-instrumentation" or tagging is evolving as an industry standard, enabling software producers to create smarter applications that give customers better information for software asset management and license optimization initiatives. InstallShield 2012 is the only strategic installation development solution that creates ISO 19770-2 software identification tags as part of the installation development process. This enables software producers to help their customers by delivering better visibility into installed software estate in order to facilitate software compliance efforts.

What's New in InstallShield 2012
Ability to Create Suite Installations that Run Multiple Packages; New Contemporary, Customizable End-User Interface; Ability to Build Hybrid 32-Bit/64-Bit Installations

The Premier edition of InstallShield now lets you build a Suite installation that uses the next-generation setup launcher (Setup.exe) to conditionally run multiple installations and apply Windows Installer patches (.msp) as needed on target systems. This support is available through a new Suite project type. Suite installations can be run on systems with Windows XP and later and with Windows Server 2003 and later; they cannot be run on systems with Windows 2000.

Following are some highlights of this functionality.
Ability to Package Multiple Installations as a Single Installation

The new Suite project type contains a Packages view that lets you specify one or more of the following types of packages:
•        Executable files (.exe), including Windows Installer–based and non-Windows Installer–based installations that you want to be run on target systems
•        Windows Installer packages (.msi) that you want to be run on target systems
•        Windows Installer patches (.msp) that you want to be applied on target systems
The Packages view also lets you include multiple .msi and .msp packages that you want to be run using transaction processing, a feature of Windows Installer 4.5 and later. The packages are chained together and processed as a single transaction. Each Suite installation can have multiple separate transactions. If one or more of the packages in a transaction cannot be installed successfully or if the end user cancels the installation, Windows Installer initiates rollback for all of the chained packages within the current transaction to restore the system to its earlier state.

The Suite installation launches the appropriate packages at run time based on conditions that you have defined and the order in which you listed the packages in the Packages view.

Contemporary, Customizable User Interface for the Installation; New Editor for Customizing Suite Setup.exe Wizard Pages
The Suite project type in InstallShield includes an entirely new end-user interface, with redesigned, contemporary built-in wizard pages that you can include and customize in your Suite installations. The new wizard page editor in this project type lets you add, sequence, and remove pages as needed; it also lets you modify the layout of any page—adding, moving, and removing a variety of different kinds of controls.

Support for Combining 64-Bit and 32-Bit Windows Installer Packages Into a Single Installation
As more and more users move to 64-bit versions of Windows, you may need to now, or in the near future, deliver to customers a single installation that installs to 32-bit locations on 32-bit systems and to 64-bit locations on 64-bit systems. The Suite project type lets you include both 32-bit packages and 64-bit packages in one Suite installation, and run only the appropriate packages on each target system. Previously, other alternatives required delivering two separate installations (one for 32-bit systems and one for 64-bit systems) or creating a custom launcher, a bootstrap application, or an InstallScript installation.

Support for Displaying a Single Progress Bar that Shows the Overall Status of the Entire Suite of Packages

The progress bar on the progress wizard page in a Suite installation shows the status of the entire suite of packages. This integrated progress bar presents end users with a clear visual indication of how far along the Suite installation is overall. To ensure that end users see only the integrated progress bar, you must include only .exe installations for which you have specified command-line parameters that hide the user interface (that is, run silently), .msi packages, and .msp patches.

Optional Add or Remove Programs Entry for the Suite Installation
Suite projects let you specify whether you want to have an entry in Add or Remove Programs for your Suite installation. This entry lets end users perform maintenance for your Suite, modifying or removing if needed. The General Information view in a Suite project has a Show Add or Remove Programs Entry setting that lets you indicate the appropriate behavior.

If you want to show only a single entry for the entire Suite, ensure that you hide the entries from the packages that you include in the Suite project.

Support for Running Suite Installations Without a User Interface
End users can run your Suite installations with a user interface or silently, without a user interface. Silent installations run without user intervention; end users can avoid monitoring the installation and providing input through run-time wizard pages.

Default Setup.exe User Interface Strings Included for All 35 Supported Languages; Ability to Edit the Suite Run-Time Strings

Translations of all of the default strings that are displayed in the built-in wizard pages of Suite projects are available in all 35 of the run-time languages that InstallShield supports. All of these Suite strings are displayed in the String Editor view of a Suite project. This String Editor view offers the same robust support that other types of projects offer, giving you complete and centralized control over the text strings that are displayed at run time during the Suite installation process.

Small Base Setup.exe File with the Ability to Download Only the Required Packages As Needed

Suite projects include flexible options for specifying the run-time source location of each package in the Suite installation. When you define the packages that you are including in a Suite project, you can specify the location of each individual package. The available options are:
•        On the Web, available for download by Setup.exe if needed
•        Embedded in Setup.exe and extracted to the target system if needed
•        Uncompressed and stored on the Suite source media
The base Setup.exe file that is used for Suite installations is much smaller than the base Setup.exe files that are used for Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI, and InstallScript installations. Thus, your end users can quickly download a small Suite Setup.exe file, and the Setup.exe file can download and launch one or more required packages as needed.

Updates in 2012 Spring
Suite Installation Enhancements (Premier) - Import and reference PRQ files, dynamic links, advanced reporting and logging as well as a new UI for custom conditions
Hybrid Cloud Deployments (Premier and Professional) - New SQL Azure database scripting capabilities enable software producers to support hybrid cloud SQL deployments
Better End-User Experience (Premier and Professional) - Includes an entirely new end-user interface with redesigned wizard pages and a new page editor to create a better run-time experience
Automatic Checking for Installer Updates and Patches (Premier and Professional) - Check for the latest updates and patches at installer runtime. If an update is found, it will automatically be downloaded and run in place of the old installer ensuring that users always have the latest version.
Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Support (Premier and Professional) - Gather accurate deployment metadata to populate App Models
PowerShell Support (Premier and Professional) - Including support for custom actions that run PowerShell scripts
Support for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Visual Studio 11 (Premier, Professional and Express) - Build feature and component conditions for these operating systems and applications

System Requirements:
Pentium III-class PC (500 MHz or higher recommended)
256 MB of RAM (512 MB preferred)
500 MB free space of hard disk
XGA resolution at 1024 × 768 or higher
Microsoft Windows Vista-8; Server 2008-12
Administrative privileges on the system
Microsoft IntelliMouse or other compatible pointing device




Downlaod:
InstallShield2012ExpressComp.exe
InstallShield2012PremierComp.exe
InstallShield2012ProfessionalComp.exe
InstallShield2012SPRPremierComp.exe
InstallShield2012SP1PremierComp.exe