InstallShield: What's New

What's New in InstallShield 2011

“InstallShield 2011 should be an installation development environment of choice for Visual Studio users.”

Jason Zander
Corporate Vice President of Visual Studio
Microsoft

It’s no surprise why Microsoft recommends their Visual Studio customers standardize on InstallShield 2011. InstallShield 2011 has unparalleled support for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, as well as new integration with Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

InstallShield 2011 also has superior support for 64-bit applications, as well as significant usability and productivity improvements – like Unicode InstallScript support and new build events – that save developers tons of time and effort. See the list of what’s new in InstallShield 2011.

For customers who haven’t upgraded in a while, InstallShield 2011 is for you. And if you are a Visual Studio developer who’s never tried InstallShield, now’s the perfect time. Try InstallShield 2011 now and see.

What InstallShield Customers Are Saying about InstallShield 2011

“InstallShield continues to prove that they are the leader in the market for installation design. Constantly updating features, providing support with short turnaround times and staying integrated with the latest tools such as Visual Studio has kept us onboard with their software. We look forward to what they have to offer in future versions. Thank you!”

JP Williams
Buildmaster
Accusoft Pegasus

“I have been using InstallShield since version 3. I am always excited about a new release because each one is better than the last in big and small ways. InstallShield 2011 has numerous big enhancements and a specific small one that will make my job much easier. The ability to specify a search path for InstallShield prerequisites will allow me to refer to them directly from our Source Code control location. I now won't have to worry about copying them to the InstallShield prerequisites folder.”

Mark Hanson
Software Engineer Advanced
Siemens

Microsoft’s Installation Solution of Choice for Visual Studio 2010 Applications

InstallShield 2011 has unparalleled support for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, including new .NET Framework 4 prerequisites that enable installations to check for and install required applications and components during runtime.

InstallShield 2011 also has new integration with Microsoft Team Foundation Server, a tool that helps Visual Studio developers manage source code integration and automatic software builds. Now you can use the familiar Visual Studio IDE to effectively manage your Visual Studio and InstallShield projects in a single environment. It allows you to do continuous product and installation builds with minimum effort.

Superior Support for Installing 64-Bit Applications

More and more software producers are developing 64-bit applications for Windows 7. InstallShield 2011 has enhanced functionality to author and support installation projects for 64-bit applications, including new support for 64-bit managed custom code actions, 64-bit MSI repackaging, 64-bit App-V support, and the ability to override path variables ensuring 64-bit items get included with the 64-bit release.

New InstallScript Unicode Support that Customers Have Been Asking For

InstallScript is a simple but powerful programming language that was designed to do one thing: create installations. Legacy InstallScript users have asked for the ability to create InstallScript installations and InstallScript custom actions that support Unicode, and InstallShield 2011 delivers.

InstallShield 2011 supports building Unicode InstallScript and InstallScript MSI installations, so installations will correctly display text in multiple languages regardless of the language on the target PC.

InstallShield Standalone Build Modules Now for Sale

You asked for it, and now you’ve got it. You can now buy extra InstallShield Standalone Build modules without paying for a full license of InstallShield. Plus each license of InstallShield 2011 Premier Edition now includes five free Standalone Build licenses, while the Professional Edition includes one free license.

The Standalone Build module enables you to keep a clean build machine by installing only the part of InstallShield that builds the installations. It plays a vital role in software builds by helping you implement continuous integration of installation and product builds. Call us to learn more!