Licensing per developer and per development system, with royalty-free unlimited distribution of any number of application installations.
InstallShield 2008 Express Edition
Ready with the tools you need to author professional installations optimized for Windows Vista. In addition, this release includes new and improved support for the latest technologies, including .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Embedded CE 6.x, Windows Server "Longhorn", and more. It also includes several usability enhancements to its IDE, making it even easier for setup authors to build reliable, professional installations.
Extremely Easy to Learn and Use
InstallShield 2008 Express Edition sizably reduces the time required for novice setup authors to successfully complete installation projects. It also lets experienced developers save time by more efficiently jumpstarting new projects.
Fits into Any Budget
InstallShield 2008 Express Edition is ideal for software developers and setup authors looking for a cost-effective solution for creating reliable Windows Installer (MSI) installations.
Available in Different Languages
InstallShield 2008 Express Edition is available in English, German, and Japanese to offer developers the flexibility to build in their own language.
InstallShield 2008 Professional Edition
InstallShield is the industry-standard installation tool. Its Professional Edition is a powerful yet easy-to-use solution, ideal for both novice and seasoned installation developers. While most homegrown installation tools are not optimized for current industry standards, InstallShield 2008 Professional makes your life easy by letting you take advantage of latest technologies-including full support for Windows Vista.
Key Benefits
- Reduce development time - Quickly and easily build your installations by moving pieces of an existing project (dialogs, custom actions, or features) to another installation project; create and manage re-usable project outlines so you don't have to start your installations from scratch
- Easily customize your installations - Modify the layout of existing end-user dialogs or create new ones for each language your installation supports; manage multiple product versions, allowing specific features to be included in a release via user-defined flags; and much more
- Better control your installations with InstallScript - Add InstallScript custom actions to your MSI projects or create InstallScript projects that control your entire installation
- Get advanced support for latest technologies - Windows Vista, .NET Framework 3.0, IIS 7.0, SQL Server 2005, beta of Windows Server "Longhorn", Direct X 9.0c, Windows Mobile platforms, and more; edit XML files; and add 64-bit support to your installations * Easily test your installations for Windows Vista compatibility
- Applying for Windows Vista certification? Save time and money by validating full projects and merge modules to ensure compliance with extensive "Certified for Windows Vista" program guidelines before you apply
Top NEW Features
- End-user dialog themes for Basic MSI projects
- Support for Digital Signatures
- Usability Improvements to the IDE
- Automation Interface Improvements
- SaaS Support (IIS 7 and SSL technologies)
- Windows Vista support enhancements
- Latest Windows Mobile Platform Support
- IDE View Structure
- Setup Prerequisite Improvements
- XML Support
- 32- and 64-bit .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 Support
- Updated Direct X 9.0 Object Support
- Windows Server "Longhorn" Support
- Require EULA Reading
InstallShield 2008 Premier Edition
InstallShield is the industry-standard tool for ensuring that your Windows software products are correctly installed, configured, updated, and eventually uninstalled on your customers' systems. The top-tier InstallShield Premier is the most powerful, capable, and widely-used Edition among installation developers worldwide. With support for the latest technologies, significant performance and quality improvements, and functionality that lets you fully leverage the capabilities of Windows Vista, InstallShield 2008 Premier is the most robust Edition ever.
It contains all of the features and flexibility that the Professional Edition offers, and so much more.
Key Benefits
- Avoid common installation issues-Validators in the new InstallShield Best Practices validation suite alert you if your installation violates any best-practices guidelines
- Maintain a clean build system-With the Standalone Build engine, you can now use only the part of InstallShield that compiles installations
- Improve your end user's experience with refreshed end-user dialog designs
- Easily convert legacy installations into Windows Installer packages with InstallShield Repackager
- Localize your installation-InstallShield's multilingual support lets you create installations for 33 runtime languages from one installation project
- Quickly roll out new installations-With network repositories, it's now easy to build a repository of common elements that multiple installation authors can access and reuse in projects
- Create trial versions without modifying code-With the try-and-die type of trialware's simple configuration changes, you can easily offer potential customers a fully functional trial version of your product (After the predetermined trial limit has been reached on an end user's machine, the trial version automatically expires.)
- Maximize team efficiencies-With support for InstallShield Collaboration, a plug-in for the Visual Studio development environment
Top NEW Features
- InstallShield Best Practices Validation Suite
- End-user dialog themes for Basic MSI projects
- Support for Digital Signatures
- Usability Improvements to the IDE
- Automation Interface Improvements
- SaaS Support (IIS 7 and SSL technologies)
- Windows Vista support in InstallScript and One-Click Install installations
- Latest Windows Mobile Platform Support
- IDE View Structure
- Setup Prerequisite Improvements
- XML Support
- 32- and 64-bit .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 Support
- Updated Direct X 9.0 Object Support
- Windows Server "Longhorn" Support
- Require EULA Reading
InstallShield 2008 Express Edition
InstallShield 2008 Express Edition is ideal for software developers and setup authors looking for a quick, easy, and cost-effective solution for creating reliable Windows Installer (MSI) installations.
Unlike homegrown solutions, the Express Edition shields you from the complexities of building a setup. It comes with an easy-to-use Project Assistant – a wizard that guides you through the MSI installation authoring process, step-by-step.
InstallShield 2008 Express Edition is ready with the tools you need to author professional installations optimized for Windows Vista™. In addition, this release includes new and improved support for the latest technologies, including .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Embedded CE 6.x, Windows Server "Longhorn", and more. It also includes several usability enhancements to its IDE, making it even easier for setup authors to build reliable, professional installations.
- Extremely Easy to Learn and Use–InstallShield 2008 Express Edition sizably reduces the time required for novice setup authors to successfully complete installation projects. It also lets experienced developers save time by more efficiently jumpstarting new projects.
- Fits into Any Budget–InstallShield 2008 Express Edition is ideal for software developers and setup authors looking for a cost-effective solution for creating reliable Windows Installer (MSI) installations.
- Available in Different Languages–InstallShield 2008 Express Edition is available in English, German, and Japanese to offer developers the flexibility to build in their own language.
Top NEW Features
- Enhanced Windows Vista Support
- Visual Studio 2005 Support
- Project Assistant
- Create Windows Installer (MSI) Installations