Installer/GD

Development PC

• A Pentium III class or better PC (AMD x86 or 64-bit processors will do just fine)
• 10 MB of free disk space
• Windows 98SE/ME, NT 4 SP 6, 2000, XP, Vista or newer operating system (some functionality not available in Windows 98/ME)

Target PC

• Any 32-bit desktop Windows version
• Required disk space varies depending on installation project size (the overead is around 300 KB)

Superb usability

• Create professional installation in minutes
• Rebuild installation sets in seconds
• Wizard user interface with unique enhancements
• Customisable install-time graphics
• Intelligent installation layout designer with smart project checker
• Installation projects can be moved around without losing file references
• No scripting needed

Files and components

• File verification by version and date
• Backup and restore of files affected by installation
• Hierarchical component-based installations with unlimited number of user-selectable components
• Replacement of files in use for all Windows versions with optional restart at the end of installation
• Mapped auto-updating directories make managing thousands of files extremely easy
• Automatic outline and bitmapped font installation

Efficiency

• MSZIP (CAB) compression algorithm
• Small run-time overhead (much smaller that that of Windows Installer or other competing installers)
• Much faster than many competing installers

Layout IDE

• Smart project checker to avoid errors or inconsistencies in your projects
• Visual editing — no scripting needed
• All project data stored in one file
• Project files are, and always will be backwards compatible
• New Project wizard gets you started in minutes
• Expression builder makes creation of inter-object links in a project a breeze
• On-line help with How-To articles and What's-This dialog box context help

Install and uninstall

• Robust installation and uninstallation provided by Installer/GD itself
• Component addition/removal supported

Support for Windows features

• One installation fits all 32-bit desktop Windows versions
• Support for Registry, INI files, long file names, shell links and other Windows system features
• Add/Remove Control Panel applet support
• System path modification feature
• Support for special Windows folders
• Settings can be associated with files and installed/uninstalled together
• Optional Uninstall icon

Target media support

• From 360 KB diskettes to multi-CD, DVD and flat installations
• Self-extracting multi-disk installations
• Custom media size for extra flexibility

Extensibility

• Perform user actions at any stage of installation (file, icon, directory creation or removal, running external programs including nested third-party installers, window closure etc.)
• Display pre- and post-install ReadMe files and Licence agreement
• Run-time variables and object tags for extra flexibility
• Customisable setup application icon (when building installations on Windows NT or newer OS)

Localisation

• Completely localisable installation interface
• Re-usable localised symbol tables
• Localised symbol table import and export
• Many languages supported out-of-the-box: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Lithuanian etc.

Reliability

• Complete rollback of all changes on user cancellation or installation failure
• Maintenance mode for repairing installed applications, component addition or removal
• Installation logging for easier troubleshooting
• Optional user restrictions of changing target drive or directory