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Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable - Now Available

June 3, 2008 in Knowledge Base, Windows Installer, Software Packaging, Industry News, Windows, Support | No comments

The Microsoft® Windows® Installer (MSI) is the application installation and configuration service for Windows. Version 4.5 of the Windows Installer has several new features, including:

  • Multiple Package Transaction: In a multiple package transaction, you can create a single transaction from multiple packages. In a multiple package transaction, a chainer is used to dynamically include packages in the transaction. If any of the packages do not install as expected, you can roll back the installation.

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Windows Installer Automatic Repair: Windows Vista

December 27, 2007 in Windows Installer, Knowledge Base, Windows, Support | No comments

In earlier versions of Windows, it might have been necessary to re-register the Windows Installer files in the registry (an example) if those files became damaged or corrupt. Beginning Windows Vista, damaged system files needed by Windows Installer can be repaired automatically.

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The Hey, Scripting Guy! Archive: Volume 2 (August 2004 - September 2007)

November 30, 2007 in Software Packaging, Support, Scripting, Administration | No comments

The first three years of the Hey, Scripting Guy! column (give or take a month) gathered together in one fully-searchable archive. This HTML help file includes all the text, graphics, and hyperlinks for well over 800 Hey, Scripting Guy! columns.

This download is available to customers running genuine Microsoft Windows

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Microsoft Application Verifier v3.4

September 3, 2007 in Knowledge Base, Windows Installer, Software Packaging, Windows, Support, Administration | No comments

Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing.

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InstallShield Knowledge Base - Archive: August 2007

August 31, 2007 in Authoring Tools, Windows Installer, Knowledge Base, Software Packaging, Support, Scripting | No comments

The following articles were created/updated throughout August 2007 for InstallShield Related Products - categorized based on section -

FIXES/HOTFIXES

INFORMATIONAL

HOWTO’s

PROBLEMS

Reference: InstallShield Support

Windows Script 5.7 - 2K/XP/2K3

August 24, 2007 in Support, Scripting, Administration | No comments

This release of Windows Script brings the improvements in scripting made during the Vista development cycle to downlevel platforms. The primary reason for changing the version number from 5.6 to 5.7 is to simplify servicing and support by synchronizing the versioning to a consistent scheme based on Vista build number. The minor version increase does not indicate significant new features. The scripting feature set is substantially the same as 5.6, with only minor additions. This is the fastest, most robust, and secure release of Windows Script available.

Improvements have been made with JScript, VBScript & Windows Scripting Host. This release also contains fixes prescribed in various Microsoft KB Articles. For complete details, download the Release Notes for Windows Script 5.7

InstallShield Knowledge Base - Archive: July 2007

July 31, 2007 in Authoring Tools, Windows Installer, Knowledge Base, Software Packaging, Support, Scripting | No comments

The following articles were created/updated throughout July 2007 for InstallShield Related Products - categorized based on section -

BUGS

CODES

FIXES/HOTFIXES

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InstallShield 2008: OS Conditions in DIM Files May Evaluate Incorrectly

July 22, 2007 in Windows Installer, Authoring Tools, Support | No comments

When building a DIM reference into an InstallShield project, you may see that OS Conditions evaluate the ‘Greater Than’ conditional statement as ‘Equals’.

Applies to Product(s):

  • InstallShield 2008 Premier
  • InstallShield 2008 Professional

Project Type: Windows Installer, InstallScript MSI

Solution:

Per InstallShield Support, this is due to an issue present in InstallShield’s DIM Import module.

Download new DimImport.dll & Resolute