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Fri, May 11 2012 12:32

InstallShield 2012 Spring released

Yesterday, Flexera Software released a new version of InstallShield, called "InstallShield 2012 Spring". New features include Microsoft SQL Azure™ database scripting capabilities, automatic update check during installation, new end user...
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Tue, Apr 3 2012 15:45

Visual Studio Installer projects no longer supported in Visual Studio 11, replaced by InstallShield LE

In the new beta version of Visual Studio 11 you can't open .vdproj files anymore. This project type was for Visual Studio Installer projects in the Setup & Deployment category, used to create Windows Installer (MSI) setups for your applications...
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Wed, Aug 24 2011 17:15

InstallShield 2012 released, End of Life for InstallShield 2009 announced, Upgrade Promotions available

On August 23, 2011, Flexera Software released a new version of their setup authoring product, InstallShield 2012. It includes many improvements and several significant new features. Some of the new features are only available in the Premier edition, increasing...
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Mon, Feb 7 2011 17:06

32- and 64-Bit Installations, WiX 3.5 - Topics of the Week 5

32- and 64-Bit Installations A frequently asked question is: how can I create a combined 32- and 64-bit MSI package. The short answer is: you can't, because the MSI format requires you to specify the processor architecture in the Summary Information...
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Tue, Dec 14 2010 11:14

Topics of the Week 49

Here's a collection of my (re-) tweets from the past week: Developing Software Installations Based on Agile Best Practices Blog post and webinar from Flexera Software with Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft App-V - What Software Developers Should Know...
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Wed, Nov 17 2010 9:57

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Last week's news from my twitter account: Activation hotfix for InstallShield 12 and AdminStudio 8.5 That's the risk of using activation technology. On the positive side: Flexera Software released a hotfix for an older product version that's...
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Wed, Nov 10 2010 22:56

Topics of the week 44

Here are some of links I posted on Twitter last week. Choosing Your Project Type: Basic MSI, InstallScript, or InstallScript MSI InstallShield Media Table Gotcha - a bug in the way InstallShield names .cab files Windows Installer Transforms will Override...
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Tue, Oct 26 2010 11:19

Topics of the week 42

Some interesting stuff I came across during the past week. A book about WiX Nick Ramirez has written a book about WiX (and it looks like the book also introduces the underlying concepts of Windows Installer along the way). I think this deserves a separate...
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Tue, Oct 5 2010 18:06

Links of the week 39

In the past week, some topics evolved into a conversation - thanks to Christopher Painter who added more information where I simply tweeted links to articles that I came across: Problems with installations to IIS on Vista Rod Maupin blogged that Installations...
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Thu, Sep 23 2010 14:38

Microsoft will retire Visual Studio Installer

Since the release of Visual Studio 2010 users can get a limited edition of InstallShield free of charge. I just came across an announcement from Microsoft which has been posted two months ago. Candy Chiang, Program Manager Visual Studio Deployment, announces...
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Mon, Sep 13 2010 11:18

Links of the week 36

During the first week after my vacation I came across these articles that might interest you: Alternative method to extract COM Data Shieldmaster Blog posted a workaround if the COM data extracted by InstallShield are incomplete Service Pack 3 for AdminStudio...
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Thu, Aug 19 2010 10:40

InstallShield 2011 Released, Changes to Stand-Alone Build Module Licensing

Today, Flexera Software released InstallShield 2011, their flagship product to create setups using Windows Installer (MSI) or InstallScript technologies, and virtual application packackes for Microsoft App-V. Highlights of this release: Enhanced Visual...
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Mon, Jul 5 2010 9:39

InstallShield, AdminStudio, InstallAnywhere Special Offers extended until 30th July

Flexera Software announced that the special offers which originally expired on 30th June will be extended for one month, until 30th July (actually they say 31st July but that's a Saturday). This applies to the following offers: 18% off InstallShield...
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Mon, Jun 14 2010 13:29

InstallShield Maintenance Bundle Offer

Here's another special offer from Flexera Software, available through June 30, 2010: When buying InstallShield Professional or Premier with a Silver or Gold maintenance plan, you can get 18% off the bundle price. This means that you essentially get...
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Tue, Jun 8 2010 16:07

Upgrade Offer for InstallShield 12 and InstallShield German in June

Through June, Flexera Software has several special offers, which I'm going to describe in this and following blog entries. The first offer is about end-of-life versions of InstallShield. From time to time, Flexera Software "retires" old...
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Tue, May 11 2010 9:19

InstallShield Special Offer for Wise Installation users

As reported before , Symantec (who owns Wise since 2007) has discontinued their developer focused setup authoring tools Wise Installation Studio and Wise Installation Express. This leaves Wise Installation users with essentially two possible directions...
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Fri, May 7 2010 11:25

Expansion Pack for InstallShield 2010 adds .NET 4.0 Prerequisites and more

Flexera Software released an "InstallShield 2010 Expansion Pack for Visual Studio 2010" that's applicable to all edition of InstallShield 2010: Premier, Professional, Express and Limited Edition (LE), and also to the Stand-Alone Build Engine...
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Thu, Apr 15 2010 16:27

Visual Studio 2010 and InstallShield LE available

On April 12 Microsoft released Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4. MSDN subscribers can download the English version immediately, the free Express edition and a trial version of Visual Studio Professional are also available for download. Localized...
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Sat, Jan 9 2010 15:44

More Information about InstallShield LE for Visual Studio

In addition to my blog post in December 2009 , here are links to some additional resources about the limited edition of InstallShield that will be included with Visual Studio 2010: InstallShield Limited Edition is available for download in Visual Studio...
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Wed, Dec 9 2009 22:24

InstallShield LE for Visual Studio 2010 (Beta) now available

As reported before , Visual Studio 2010 (currently in beta) includes an "InstallShield 2010" project template in the "Setup and Deployment" category. Back then the link didn't work, but now it's live. From the "InstallShield...
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