The following is an overview of the features available in Instyler Setup.
WiX
Instyler Setup creates MSI installation packages based on latest
Windows Installer XML (WiX) technology.
WiX is an open source project, lead by Microsoft employees, to create MSI files with open standard XML documents.
Intuitive
Create msi setups straight-forward without any MSI knowledge. When we designed Instyler Setup we had in mind
that most Windows software developers do not know much about MSI SDK, Orca or what MSI tables do. In Instyler Setup, adding typical stuff
(installing files, shortcuts, registry values etc.) is made as intuitive as possible. Adding a custom dialog to ask
the user for additional data (text or options) is also made easy with our built-in templates as well as all the other small parts of an
installation you might need. And, if you want get into the details, you can still configure every detail in the dialog editor and advanced settings.
Prerequisites
We added a variety of standard prerequisites to support checking for Windows Version, .NET Framework, Adobe Reader, Flash,
Java Runtime, Microsoft Office and more.
Multi-language
Localizing your setup into any language is available at no extra charge. English and German texts are available for all
texts and dialogs. Other language texts can be imported from MSI SDK language files and the
WiX localization project.
Dialog editor
A state-of-the-art dialog editor allows manipulating all dialogs easily. Wizards help you creating events and configuring
settings and dialog sequencing in your setup.
File changes at one place
All file actions like installing files, creating shortcuts, moving files, etc. are configured in an Explorer-like view.
Instyler Setup supports dynamic file lists to add a number of files during compile time dynamically.
Other setup actions
Your setup may not just have files. With Instyler Setup you can add
registry values, file types, environment variables and Windows Services
to be created or modified in your Setup. Additional installation actions are already in development and will be available in the next released version of Instyler Setup.
And more
Instyler Setup supports
Custom Actions to run external files or dll functions during setup. You can create setups for 32-bit and/or
64-bit Windows. Instyler Setup creates setups that also ready to handle updates and new versions of your product.
Take a look at the Screenshots to get a detailed view on the application.