Category: 7898

 

The information in this topic identifies the additions and changes that are available in Windows Installer 5.0.

Windows Installer 5.0 is available for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

What's New in Windows Installer 5.0 (Windows)

 

Training Schedule: January Workshop, February Online

12/16/2008 5:10 pm
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Our January Live Packaging Workshop is confirmed and we've scheduled …

the Packaging Track online for February..

Check out the schedule at the below link:

Session Information Testamonials

Training Schedule: January Workshop, February Online – DesktopEngineer.com

Bob Kelly writes his first article on “Leaving Footprints” as he replaces Don Jones in MCP magazine:

http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?editorialsid=1503

Due to a better standing in the industry after dumped by Macrovision?  Or just the lucky recipient of funding from Thomas Bravo, LLC (their equity investment firm)?

Acresso Software to Acquire Intraware, Inc

Acresso Software Announces the Acquisition of LinkRight Tracker Technology

If you’re working with MSI’s and particularly using the Acresso products to manage the software creation process, you might want to take a look at the whitepapers they’ve released:

http://www.acresso.com/downloads/downloads_7481.htm?link_id=myitforum

Version: 1.0 (Alpha)
Released: 9/11/2008

The AppDeploy Repackager is a simple freeware snapshot tool for the creation of Windows Installer (MSI) setup packages. Unlike other tools that try to take on the whole drag and drop creation of MSI setups (development tools), the AppDeploy Repackager is simply a snapshot tool that results in a sharable project file which may be used to generate an MSI setup with the click of a button.

Developed with sharing in mind, the AppDeploy Repackager utilizes a unique project file format designed to be safely shared with others in the AppDeploy community. It's XML based file structure contains no identifiable information such as license or company information.  Plans are underway for a user portal that will support the sharing of files along with community ratings and comments for each.

Download it now!

 

The FAQ: http://www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager/faq.asp

The Docs: http://www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager/howto.asp

Known Issues: http://www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager/knownissues.asp

For those looking for Appdeploy.com and wondering if the site has simply disappeared – The folks at Appdeploy.com are working through some technical issues today.

Considering that the KBOX is somehow tied into the Appdeploy.com web site, I suspect this is a critical matter and will be resolved very soon.

http://blogs.msdn.com/agujjar/archive/2007/11/19/packaging-and-deploying-windows-mobile-applications.aspx

MakeInstall creates an INSTALL.EXE for your Java program, with full install and uninstall support.

http://www.duckware.com/makeinstall/index.html

The installsite has a great table that relates Windows Installer versions that are included or available as redistributables for the different versions of Windows.

Check it out:

http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msifaq/a/1001.htm#matrix