Released: Aug 23, 2011

Updates in this release

Updates in 2012

• Suite Installations: 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: End users will experience an “app store-like” feel by downloading just a small file to quickly start the suite installation.
• Installation Collaboration: The Installation Collaboration feature has been significantly enhanced to better support distributed installation development allowing product developers to create and manage their portion of the installation   The InstallShield Premier edition includes 5 licenses to the new Developer Installation Manifest editor. 
• 64-Bit Enhancements: 64-Bit and 32-Bit Windows Installer packages can be combined into a single installation eliminating the need to deliver two separate installations or creating a custom launcher. 
• Application Tagging: ISO 19770-2 software identification tag creation incorporated as part of the installation development process.
• Merge Module Projects: Merge Module Projects now include built-In support for IIS, text file changes, and XML file changes
• Read-write property RequiredExecutionLevel: The read-write property RequiredExecutionLevel has been added to the ISWiRelease object.
• Support for New Technologies: InstallShield includes several new InstallShield prerequisites that you can add to Basic MSI, InstallScript, and InstallScript MSI projects: Internet Explorer 9.0, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client 10.50.1600.1, Windows Identity Foundation, Microsoft VSTO 2010 Runtime (x64), Microsoft App-V 4.6 SP1 Desktop Client (Professional and Premier with Virtualization only) and Microsoft Office 2010 PIA
• Predefined System Searches: InstallShield has new predefined system searches: Adobe Reader 10, Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office 2003
• New End-User Interface: An entirely new end-user interface and redesigned, modern built-in wizard pages give full control over installation customization.
• Monitoring for COM Extraction: InstallShield 2012 supports a new monitoring method for COM extraction.The method uses a kernel driver to monitor the areas of the registry that are modified during dynamic COM extraction at build time and static COM extraction at design time. It combines the advantages that the earlier methods provided, allowing the DLL to read existing registries entries and preventing changes to the build machine.