Installshield Software Corp. Rolls Out Installshield 5.5 Professional.SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1998-- New Feature -- Enhanced InstallShield 5.5 Professional Designed for Enterprisewide Software Installation and Deployment InstallShield(R) Software Corp. announces the availability of InstallShield(R) 5.5 Professional. This latest version of the company's industry-leading installation development system includes a rich feature set of enhancements designed for easier enterprise and large-scale software deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. . InstallShield 5.5 Professional is designed to help application developers create powerful and reliable installations quickly and easily, as well as to assist network administrators to deploy enterprise-level Microsoft(R) Windows(R) applications. Microsoft developers used features now included in InstallShield 5.5 Professional to create the installation packages for Microsoft(R) SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. (TM) 7.0. Jeff Cole, program manager for the SQL Server 7.0 team said: "InstallShield Professional offered all of the features that we required for successful implementation of our complex set-up model. We felt very comfortable making a commitment to this product, even within our short time constraints In law, time constraints are placed on certain actions and filings in the interest of speedy justice, and additionally to prevent the evasion of the ends of justice by waiting until a matter is moot. ." New and Enhanced Features in InstallShield 5.5 Professional InstallShield 5.5 Professional includes a number of feature enhancements designed to simplify installation development for large-scale projects: -0-
-- Dynamic File Linking -- allows build engineers to add files to
their projects at build-time using wild card characters, registry
entries, and environment variables, letting them build
applications developed by large workgroups without any knowledge
of the specific files needed.
-- InstallShield Application Repackager -- automatically
repackages one or more existing installations as an InstallShield
Professional project, giving network administrators the ability
to repackage multiple applications into a single installation for
easy deployment.
-- Maximum Distribution Options -- are available for even the
largest installation projects -- one or more CD-ROMs or custom
sizes up to 4 GB, with files compressed or uncompressed on a
component-by-component basis.
-- Enhanced InstallFromTheWeb(TM) and PackageForTheWeb(TM)
Integration -- let developers quickly create installations for
Internet distribution by launching InstallShield's Web
distribution tools from the IDE and automatically importing
project information.
-- Advanced Media Building Technology -- offers the complete
control to modify new and existing builds on a file-by-file
basis.
-- InstallShield Cabinet File Viewer and InstallShield Log File
Viewer -- allow test engineers to view the contents of the
project builds and log files.
-- Direct Build -- rebuilds existing projects with a single mouse
click.
-- An Enhanced Microsoft(R)Visual Basic(TM)Project Wizard --
creates a complete VB 6.0 or VB 5.0 installation in four easy
steps.
-- New Templates -- make it easy to create installations for
common Windows technologies, including ODBC 3.5, BDE 5.0,
PowerBuilder 6.0 and Access 97.
"We believe that our current customer base, and potential customers seeking a comprehensive installation development system will be pleased with the number of major enhancements and additional features we offer in InstallShield Professional 5.5," said Michael Byrne Michael Byrne may refer to:
InstallShield Professional 5.5 Pricing and Availability InstallShield Professional 5.5 is available for a suggested retail price of $795. The product can be ordered from the InstallShield Web site at www.installshield.com, 800/374-4353. It is also available through a network of authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: resellers and distributors. About InstallShield Software Corp. InstallShield Software Corp. (www.installshield.com) is a provider of innovative software deployment tools. Founded in 1987, the privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is recognized worldwide as the leader in software deployment technologies. Products include InstallShield(R) Professional, InstallShield(R) Express(TM), InstallShield(R) Java(TM) Edition, InstallFromTheWeb(TM), PackageForTheWeb(TM), and DemoShield(R). Ninety-two of the top 100 independent software vendors and more than 100,000 corporate and commercial software developers worldwide rely on InstallShield technology to distribute their applications. Some of these applications include Sun Java(TM) Development Kit, Visio 5.0, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Enterprise Suite, Microsoft Commercial Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the System products, Symantec Visual Cafe A family of Java development products formerly from the WebGain division of Symantec and sold to TogetherSoft Corporation in 2002, which was acquired by Borland in 2003. Versions for Windows and the Macintosh were available that included a host of Java components and features for rapidly , Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. and Adobe Pagemaker PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program, introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation[1], initially for the Apple Macintosh but soon after also for the PC. It relies on Adobe Systems' PostScript page description language. . Copyright 1998 InstallShield Software Corp. All rights reserved. InstallShield is a registered trademark and service mark of InstallShield Corp. DemoShield is a service mark and a registered trademark of InstallShield Corp. InstallFromTheWeb and PackageForTheWeb are trademarks of InstallShield Software Corp. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Inc., in the US and/or other countries. All other trademarks or service marks are property of their respective owners. |
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