Installation

Create strong, reliable Windows Installers. InstallShield 2012 Professional allows you to create flexible installations quickly and easily across all Windows operating systems. With InstallShield 2012 Professional first-time developers find it easy to create installations, while power users find its depth and flexibility perfect for developing complex software installations. InstallShield 2012 Professional supports the latest technologies, including Windows 7 and Windows Installer 5 (MSI 5). InstallShield 2012 Professional also supports Microsoft's latest products, including Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework, MSBuild, and DirectX 9.0c. With InstallShield 2012 Professional you can expand installations to servers and Web services, including IIS, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008. InstallShield 2012 Professional also lets you target mobile devices with support for Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded CE, SQL Server Compact Edition and PalmOS.

Create strong, reliable Windows Installers. InstallShield 2012 Premier allows you to create flexible installations quickly and easily across all Windows operating systems. With InstallShield 2012 Premier first-time developers find it easy to create installations, while power users find its depth and flexibility perfect for developing complex software installations. InstallShield 2012 Premier supports the latest technologies, including Windows 7 and Windows Installer 5 (MSI 5). InstallShield 2012 Premier also supports Microsoft's latest products, including Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework, MSBuild, and DirectX. With InstallShield 2012 Premier you can expand installations to servers and Web services, including IIS, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008. InstallShield 2012 Premier also lets you target mobile devices with support for Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded CE, SQL Server Compact Edition, and PalmOS. InstallShield 2012 Premier includes trialware functionality and you can also easily localize your installation using InstallShield 2012 Premier's multilingual support - create installations for 35 runtime languages from one installation project.

Deploy your application on any platform. InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition is designed to install any kind of software -- desktop, enterprise, or multi-tiered Web services - onto any platform, and to configure those applications for optimal performance. Whether you're creating applications written in Java, C++, PERL, or C#, or deploying EJBs or .NET Web services, all of the installation details are handled automatically. InstallAnywhere Enterprise Edition simplifies complex installations and provides maximum developer customization, along with extensive user interaction, client/server features and localization for 31 languages.

Create strong, reliable Windows Installers. InstallShield Premier with Virtualization Pack allows you to create flexible installations quickly and easily across all Windows operating systems. InstallShield Premier with Virtualization Pack includes Microsoft App-V Support for Virtual Packages. Now when you build an MSI, InstallShield Premier with Virtualization Pack can simultaneously build it as an App-V virtual package. It can also convert your legacy MSIs to App-V packages in minutes. The new App-V support is ideal for creating conflict-free product evals and for companies adopting application virtualization in their own environments. InstallShield Premier with Virtualization Pack supports the latest technologies, including Windows 7 and Windows Installer 5 (MSI 5). InstallShield Premier also supports Microsoft's latest products, including Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework, MSBuild, and DirectX. With InstallShield Premier you can expand installations to servers and Web services, including IIS, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008. InstallShield Premier also lets you target mobile devices with support for Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded CE, SQL Server Compact Edition, and PalmOS and later. InstallShield Premier includes trialware functionality and you can also easily localize your installation using InstallShield Premier's multilingual support - create installations for 35 runtime languages from one installation project.

Quick and easy installations that support today's technologies. InstallShield 2012 Express is easy to use and shields setup authors from installation complexities of building a setup. With InstallShield 2012 Express you can rapidly build, test and implement Windows and mobile device installations in record time without any training. InstallShield 2012 Express keeps setup authors up to date with support for the latest technologies and industry standards, including Windows 7, Windows Installer 5 (MSI 5), .NET support. InstallShield 2012 Express is a cost-effective solution that will fit into any budget, making it possible for everyone to create professional looking Windows or mobile device installations.

Deploy your application on any platform. InstallAnywhere Standard Edition enables developers to build highly customized deployment solutions. It's intuitive design brings intelligence to the process of deploying software onto any client or server platform. It automatically handles all of the installation details; it creates smaller installers that run faster than many other solutions, minimizes time-to-deployment and increases productivity.

Create strong, reliable Windows Installers. 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. It supports the latest technologies, including Visual Studio 2005, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, SQL Server 2005 and Windows Vista. InstallShield also includes MSI 3.0 support, automatic updating of XML file settings and Trialware functionality which allows developers to add more power and flexibility into their setup projects (InstallShield Premier Edition Only).

Create strong, reliable Windows Installers. 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. It supports the latest technologies, including Visual Studio 2005/2008, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0/3.5, SQL Server 2005 and Windows Vista. InstallShield also includes MSI 3.0 support, automatic updating of XML file settings and Trialware functionality which allows developers to add more power and flexibility into their setup projects (InstallShield Premier Edition Only).

Create strong, reliable Windows Installers. InstallShield Professional with Virtualization Pack allows you to create flexible installations quickly and easily across all Windows operating systems. InstallShield Professional with Virtualization Pack includes Microsoft App-V Support for Virtual Packages. Now when you build an MSI, InstallShield Professional can simultaneously build it as an App-V virtual package. It can also convert your legacy MSIs to App-V packages in minutes. The new App-V support is ideal for creating conflict-free product evals and for companies adopting application virtualization in their own environments. InstallShield supports the latest technologies, including Windows 7 and Windows Installer 5 (MSI 5). InstallShield Professional also supports Microsoft's latest products, including Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework, MSBuild, and DirectX. With InstallShield you can expand installations to servers and Web services, including IIS, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008. InstallShield also lets you target mobile devices with support for Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded SQL Server Compact Edition, and PalmOS.