Advanced Installer 6.1 brings unified 32/64-bit installers and Windows Firewall support

re: Advanced Installer 6.1 brings unified 32/64-bit installers and Windows Firewall support

shadowwolf007 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:36:21 GMT

Well, I tried to make one of those unified installers, but couldn't. From what they've described, I would be suprised if their method was similar to InstallAware's. Not sure what AI is doing though.

Regardless, the compression algorithm is one thing lots of people are updating. I suppose it's not long before pretty much everyone is using the higher compression algorithms. As far as I know, LZMA is not a cab compliant algorithm, but maybe I'm wrong.

I had hoped to try one out and then follow up my comment on how they did it but bleh - can't figure it out.

On the other side, I noticed they used Qualified Components. That's an odd feature you rarely see really shown in a UI.

re: Advanced Installer 6.1 brings unified 32/64-bit installers and Windows Firewall support

stefan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:22:06 GMT

Please elaborate on which best practices you think Advanced Installer is violating?

re: Advanced Installer 6.1 brings unified 32/64-bit installers and Windows Firewall support

shadowwolf007 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:12:18 GMT

Interesting - I wonder if there's a specific reason that some of the installer products feel the need to wantonly violate Microsoft's best practices?