InstallShield Express 4. (Tools).InstallShield Express 4 the newest version of the solution for creating installations for Windows software applications, allows developers, it is claimed, to build straightforward installations in less that a day. New features include patch and upgrading technology, integration with Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms .NET, Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. support, and other enhancements to aid developers increase productivity when creating installations.The application patching and upgrading also allows developers to create patches by pointing to an existing software package, identifying the file and registry changes to be made, and deploying the patch. Validation for all patch and upgrade solutions occurs automatically. Single Interface for All Development Express 4 simplifies installation authoring for Microsoft .NET See .NET. applications through integration with the Visual Studio .NET A suite of programming languages and development tools from Microsoft that supports the .NET environment. Upon its introduction in 2001, it included Visual C# and .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. See .NET. IDE. Developers can run Express inside the Visual Studio .NET shell or use the traditional Express IDE. Within Visual Studio, all navigation is integrated with the solution Explorer tree and each view is,presented in a separate window in the workspace. The product also includes enhanced Web services support with a new IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. view that allows developers to create and configure virtual directories. Simplified Conditional Installations Developers can use a wizard to design searches for existing applications, operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and files. The results of the search can be used to conditionally install parts of the application or to conditionally run custom actions. www.installshield.com |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion