InstallShield from Revenera is the industry standard for developers creating installers for Windows desktops, servers, virtual and cloud platforms. Preparing for MSIX? InstallShield is ready.
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| Create MSIX Packages Checking for Updates Using App-Installer | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Modern and Simple Installers | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Support for Cloud Builds | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| Support for Windows 11 | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
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Support for fonts in MSIX
Ability to install fonts in an MSIX package so that the fonts are available for other apps in the machine. |
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Build InstallShield Projects in an Azure DevOps Pipeline
InstallShield provides a native Azure DevOps Extension to build InstallShield projects in Azure DevOps pipelines. You can use in both a private agent or a Microsoft hosted agent. |
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| MSIX – Modification Packages | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| MSIX – Support for MSIX Core | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
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Pure 64 installers
Build pure 64-bit installers for Basic MSI and Suite installers. |
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| MSIX Bundles | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| MSIX – Support for Services | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| AWS CloudHSM-based Digital Signing | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Simplified Builds Within Docker | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Automated Patch Design | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Create Windows® Installer (MSI) Installations | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Create Windows Installer Patches (MSP) | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Create MSIX packages | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Easily convert any MSI file into an MSIX package | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
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Create InstallScript (Setup.exe) Installations
Use our proprietary scripting language - InstallScript to fully script each and every component of your installer. |
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Create Advanced Bootstrappers with Suite Installations
Use the suite project to bundle multiple installers like .exe, .msi, .prq, .appv or .msix - all into a single package so that your users can have a single consistent experience. |
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Streaming Installations that Download Installation Components as Needed
Create light weight installers by configuring the Suite project to download selected components on the fly from a web location rather than bundling everything with your installer. This keeps the installer very light. |
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| Install/Upgrade Multi-Instance Product Installations | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
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Check for the Latest Version of a Setup Any Time an Installation is Run
Use our suite updates feature to alert your users for latest version of the installers before the deployment begins. |
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Advanced UI Editor
Leverage our WYSIWYG editor to fully customize the installer experience and preview the experience during development. |
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| Windows Installer Dialog Editor | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| End-User Dialog Themes for Windows Installer-Based Projects | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield Limited |
| Billboard Support for Custom Branding | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| One-Click Installations from the Web | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| DLL, EXE, VBScript, and JScript Custom Actions | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Extend Suite/Advanced UI Projects with C# and InstallScript Actions | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| PowerShell Custom Actions | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Managed-Code Custom Actions | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Easily View MSI Table Relationships' | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Support for Microsoft® Certificate Requirements including SHA 1 and SHA-256 | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Design DPI-Aware Installations | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
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Develop and Deploy Globally
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| Multilingual Support – 35 Languages | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| Unicode Support in Most InstallShield Views | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Create Pure 64-Bit Installations (Windows Installer) | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Install 64-bit Applications | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Install Windows Device Drivers Using DIFx 2.1.1 | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Support for .NET Framework 4.5 (32-bit and 64-bit) | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Multi-Tier Installation Template | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| Install Web Applications to Microsoft® Azure™ and Microsoft® IIS using Microsoft Web Deploy | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| PowerShell Suite Actions for Server Configuration | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| Enable Windows Roles and Features During Your Installation | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| Deploy Databases to Microsoft SQL Server/Oracle/MySQL/Azure SQL Databases | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Database Import Wizard | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Deploy Websites to IIS 8 with SSL Certificates | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| IIS Web Services Support | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| IIS Tools for Web Apps | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield Limited |
| XML File Updating | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Configure Windows Users and Groups | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
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Save Time and Develop Efficiently
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| Install Packages from Windows Package Manager | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Identify what existing InstallShield projects require change to meet Microsoft MSIX standards | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Provision Virtual Machines from the InstallShield IDE for Testing Installations | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| Monitor for COM Extraction (32-bit and 64-bit) | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Registry-Free COM Registration (Application Manifests) | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| COM+ Support | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Library of Redistributable Prerequisites for Windows Installer Installations | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Library of Redistributable Prerequisites for InstallScript Installations | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Associate Prerequisites with Features | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Prerequisite Editor | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Network Repositories to Share Dialogs, Scripts and Templates with Team Members | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| Local Repositories to Share Dialogs, Scripts and Templates Across Multiple Projects | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Automate Events at Build Time | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield - |
| Reusable Project Templates | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| LZX Compression Option (Windows Installer Projects) | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Display Installation Progress on the Taskbar | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Easily Edit Runtime Installation Strings | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Specify Custom Icon and Version Resource Properties | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Virtual Machine Detection | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Easily Edit XML Files During Installation | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Easily Edit Text Files on the Destination Machine During Installation | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Easily Create System Searches | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Mark Files for Deletion as Part of an Installation Through Interaction with MSI RemoveFiles Action | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Enforce End User License Agreement (EULA) Reading Before Installing | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Call .NET Assemblies from InstallScript | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Command-Line Builder | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Complete Project Debugging | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Source Code Control Integration | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Microsoft Team Foundation Server Integration | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) Support | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2019 Integration | InstallShield Premier | InstallShield |
| InstallShield Standalone Build | InstallShield Premier 5 Licenses | InstallShield 2 Licenses |
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