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Building installers for your Windows applications with Advanced Installer and Azure DevOps

If you follow my activities, like the articles I publish on this blog or the recent book I've published about MSIX, you'll know that one of the reasons why I like MSIX from a developer perspective is that it makes really easy to enable a CI/CD pipeline for Windows desktop applications. Thanks to the Windows Application Packaging Project, we can easily automate the creation of a MSIX package simply by adding it to our solution and running a build, advanced installer azure. And thanks to features like App Installer, advanced installer azure, we can easily deploy the generated MSIX package to a website and support automatic updates without changing the code or having to setup your own service.

 

However, in many cases you may already have an installer definition created with a 3rd party tool, advanced installer azure. Popular authoring tools, like Advanced Installer, InstallShield or Wix, are able to generate a MSIX package out from an installer project, making easier to reuse the work you may already have done to generate MSI installers in the past. Additionally, thanks to these tools, you have the opportunity to use the same project to generate at the same time a MSI and a MSIX, helping you to support customers who might not have migrated yet to Windows 10 and who are unable to use MSIX Core (for example, because it's a consumer application).

 

What about enabling a CI/CD pipeline in this scenario? In this blog post we're going to see an example on how to achieve this task with Advanced Installer. Why did I choose this product? Well, other than because it's a really good software, the Advanced Installer team has created a task for Azure DevOps which is able to build an Advanced Installer project stored on the repository. And, most of all, the task is able to download the most recent version of Advanced Installer and install it on the advanced installer azure without requiring any user intervention. This means that we are not forced to create a self-hosted agent where to manually install the tool, but we can leverage the built-in agents provided by Azure DevOps.

 

Let's start!

 

The Advanced Installer project

As a starting point, I will use a simple Windows Forms application called MyEmployees, which I have used also in other posts. However, the main difference is that, this time, the solution doesn't have a Windows Application Packaging Project. We're going to use Advanced Installer to create a MSIX package, together with a MSI. In a real scenario probably you already have the setup created with Advanced Installer but, to understand better how it works, let's create a new one.

 

First you need to download and install the latest Advanced Installer version. It's a paid product, but it offers a 30 days trial and also a free tier. Once you have launched it, you will find in the Templates section one called Visual Studio Application, which is able to connect directly to a Visual Studio solution, advanced installer azure, like in our case.

 

 

First you will be asked the name and the publisher of your application, followed by the distribution type. For the moment choose MSI setup file. We're going to add the MSIX definition later. In the next step you will be asked where to save the project, using a file with .aip extension, advanced installer azure. You will need to add this file in a folder of your project, since we'll need to commit it to our repository, in order to use the Azure DevOps task, advanced installer azure. In my case, I've created a folder called Projects inside the solution, advanced installer azure. The project output folder will be automatically changed to point to the same location, but I suggest you to choose a different one, outside the repository, advanced installer azure. This folder, in fact, advanced installer azure, will contain the various advanced installer azure (like the generated MSI or MSIX package) and we don't want to include them in the source code.

 

As next step, you must choose the Visual Studio solution which contains your project. In my case, I've chosen the MyEmployees.sln file. Advanced Installer will analyze the solution and it will ask you which configurations you want to import. Feel free to choose the ones that make sense for your project. In my case, advanced installer azure, for example, Advanced installer azure want to distribute only the 64 bit version, built in Release mode:

 

 

In the next step you will be asked to select which files, among the ones that are created as build output, belong to the application and must be included in the installer. The section will be split in two advanced installer azure files, advanced installer azure, which are the files created in the bin folder as part of the build process.

Reference files, advanced installer azure, which are the files that are referenced by your projects (for example, 3rd party libraries).

In my case, I'm going to include all the output files, plus the reference files coming from NuGet, like JSON.net or System.Data.SQLite. I don't need to include the references related to the .NET Framework, since they are already installed on the machine.

 

 

In the next step, you will need to select the main executable of your application. Advanced Installer should be video editing software 64 bit to automatically detect it, especially if it's a scenario like mine where the application is composed by a single executable. This information will be used to configure the shortcuts on the desktop and/or the Start Menu.

 

 

All the other steps are optional and apply mostly to the MSI setup: you can choose if you want to launch the application after having it installed; you can customize the UI of the installer; you can choose the languages you support; you can add a license agreement that will be displayed during the setup. After you have finished the wizard, Advanced Installer will bring you advanced installer azure the main UI of the application, where you can further customize the project. The tool offers tons of options: you can add support to services or custom actions, you can customize the manifest for the MSIX version, etc.

 

We're going to keep it simple, so advanced installer azure won't add any special configuration. However, there's a setting that is very important. Move to the Files and Folders section, which displays what and where the installer will copy on the user's machine, advanced installer azure. You will see a folder called Application folder, which is the location where the files which compose the application will be copied. However, you might see that not all the files are properly included.

 

 

Additionally, you will notice that if you update the source code of your application and you produce a new build, it won't be automatically picked up. To solve this problem we need to setup a sync between the Visual Studio project and the Advanced Installer project, so that during the CI pipeline we can produce a MSI / MSIX which reflects the most recent version.

 

To achieve this goal we must enable the sync feature. Right click on the Application Folder in the tree and choose Properties. Then move to the Synchronize tab and click on Synchronize content with folder from disk. As source folder, you must specify the output of the build in the bin folder of your Visual Studio project. For example, since in my case I'm compiling the application in Release mode, I'm picking up the  folder. Once you press Ok, you will be asked if you want to remove the files which are already included. Press Yes, advanced installer azure. You will notice now that all the files are correctly included:

 

 

Additionally, they're kept in sync with the folder, advanced installer azure. This means that, whenever you're going to launch a new Visual Studio build, the updated executable and DLLs will be copied over to the Advanced Installer project.

 

Test the MSI generation

Before working on the Azure DevOps side, let's see if the MSI is created successfully. Move to the Builds section, where you will find a definition called DefaultBuild. Right click on it and choose Build. If everything goes well, you will find in the Project Output folder you have set during the wizard the MSI. If you try to install it you will get some warnings because the file isn't signed with a valid certificate. Advanced Installer supports signing as part of the build process, advanced installer azure, but for the moment we're going to keep it unsigned. We'll perform the signing directly on Azure DevOps.

 

Create a MSIX package

Now that we have a project up & running, generating a MSIX package is really simple. We just need to move to the Builds section and choose MSIX / APPX Build, advanced installer azure. A new build definition will be created, called Build_MSIX_APPX.

 

 

From the page you will be able to set different options related to MSIX packaging, like the minimum Windows 10 version you want to target or the generation of an App Installer file as part of the process. If you want to try it, just right click on this build definition and choose Build, advanced installer azure. At the end of the process, you will get in the project output folder a MSIX package. However, in this case you will be completely blocked from installing it, since we haven't signed it. And, as you know, advanced installer azure, unsigned MSIX packages can't be installed. But don't worry, we're going to do this as well on Azure DevOps.

 

Putting everything under source control

Now our project should look like this:

 

 

The MyEmployees folder contains the Windows Forms project, advanced installer azure, while the Projects one includes the Advanced Installer setup we have just created. This is the folder you need to make sure to include in your repository on GitHub, Azure Repos or whatever source control provider you prefer. We need to keep the Advanced Installer advanced installer azure together with the source code of the project.

 

Setup the pipeline

Now that we have everything we need, we can start working on the pipeline. However, advanced installer azure, first, we need to advanced installer azure the task by Advanced Installer on our Azure DevOps account. This is the one you need, called Advanced Installer Build. The company provides also a task called Advanced Installer Tool Installer, which takes care of installing Advanced Installer on the hosted agent. However, it isn't really needed because the Build task can do it as well.

Once you have installed it, you can move to the Pipelines section of your Azure DevOps project and create a new pipeline, advanced installer azure. As usual, advanced installer azure, first you will have to choose the repository where your code is hosted, advanced installer azure, followed by the starting template. In my case it's a Windows Forms application, so I chose the .NET Desktop one, which looks like this:

 

It's a good starting point, since advanced installer azure already takes care of restoring the NuGet packages and building the code. The next step is to add the Advanced Installer tasks, so that the code can be converted into an installer. We're going to add two tasks: one to generate a MSI and one to generate a MSIX.

Let's see the first one:

 

The configuration is quite simple:

 

•  is the path, starting from the root of the repository, which contains the Advanced Installer project.
•  is the name of the build definition we want to run. In this case we're creating the MSI first, so we use the  definition.
• The  parameter is optional. However, in my case, I prefer to add a reference to the build number in the file name generated by the tool, so that it's easier for me to understand the version number. As such, I have added the variable  as suffix to the file name.
•  specifies where you want to copy the generated packages. In this case I use a folder called MSI, which is created under the default folder where artifacts are picked up. This way, advanced installer azure, it will be easier for me to publish the generated MSI as build artifact.

The  parameter deserves a special mention. As anticipated in the beginning of the post, Advanced Installer is a paid product. As such, if you're building a project's type which isn't covered by the free license, advanced installer azure, you will need to provide your license key. Since YAML files are typically included in the repository, it isn't a good idea to store it advanced installer azure clear. As such, I have used the Variables panel to create a variable called AILicense with the key and then I've referenced it in the YAML using the  keyword.

 

Now that you have seen how to configure the task, it will be very easy to add a new one to generate the MSIX package:

 

We change just the name of the build definition to run, the name of the package (this time the extension will be .msix and not .msi) and the output folder. To keep things clean, in fact, I create the MSIX package in a different folder, called MSIX.

Now the last step is to publish the build artifacts, by adding a publish task:

 

That's it! Now save the pipeline, which will automatically trigger a new build. Azure DevOps will first compile the Windows Forms application and then it will execute the Advanced Installer task twice, one for the MSI and one for the MSIX. The first task will take longer, because it will take care also of downloading the tool on the hosted agent. The second task, instead, will reuse the same one.

At the advanced installer azure of the process, if you explore the artifacts you should see something like this:

 

 

Create a release pipeline

Now that you have created a CI pipeline, it's time to create a CD pipeline to automate the deployment of these packages. Move to the Releases section on Azure DevOps and press the button to create a new pipeline, advanced installer azure. You will be prompted with a series of templates, advanced installer azure. We're going to start from an empty job, advanced installer azure, so click on the related link.

 

Let's start from the one to deploy the MSI, so let's call it Deploy MSI. But first, click on Add an artifact in the Artifacts section and choose the one produced by the CI pipeline you have just created.

 

 

Now you can click on the link under the task name to start adding tasks. The first step is to sign the installer, to advanced installer azure the warnings by Windows that are displayed when you tried to install an untrusted installer. The easiest way to achieve this goal is to use an extension created by Stefan Kert called Code Signing. If you haven't already installed it on your Azure DevOps account, go on and install it.

 

Then click on the + symbol near Agent job, look for the Code Signing task and add it, advanced installer azure. You'll need to have a .pfx file with the certificate that you're going to use to sign the installer, advanced installer azure. You can acquire one from a public certificate authority or get it from your internal one if the installer is meant for enterprise deployment; alternatively, if you're just doing some tests, you can generate a self-signed certificate.

Here are the field to configure:

 

• Secure File is the path to the file which contains your certificate. The task uses the Secure Files feature from Azure DevOps, which means that we can safely upload it by clicking on the Settings button near the field. The file will be available only to be used in this pipeline; no one will be able to download it and reuse it, blocking malicious actors that could be interested in stealing our identity.
• Secure File Password is the password you have used to protect your certificate. Since it's better to not store the password in clear, I have setup a variable called  in the Variables tab.
• File(s) to sign is the path of the file to sign. In this case, we just set it to . We generically sign every file with .msi extension in the artifacts folder.

 

 

That's it. The next step is. well, it's up to you =) Now that the installer has been signed, you can add a task to deploy it in the place which makes more sense for you. For example, you can deploy it to a storage or a FTP, where the file will be linked by a web page. In my scenario, I'm using Azure Storage to store the file in a blob, so I'm using the task called Azure File Copy.

 

Once you've completed the task, you can click on Pipeline and go back to setup the MSIX package deployment. In the Stages section click on Add and choose New stage. Also in this case choose to create an empty job and give it a meaningful name, like Deploy MSIX.

 

This advanced installer azure how your pipeline should look like:

 

 

Click on the link under the new stage to start adding tasks. Also in this case the required one is the Code Signing tasks, which you need to sign the MSIX advanced installer azure. The configuration is exactly the same as we did for the MSI, as long as you're using the same certificate, advanced installer azure. The only difference is that the File(s) to sign field must be changed to , as in the following image:

 

 

Pay attention that, in order for the signing to complete successful, the subject of the certificate must match the publisher declared in the manifest. You can check this in Advanced Installer. Move to the Package Information tab under the Universal Windows section and look for Publisher section:

 

The value that must match the subject of your certificate is the one in the ID field.

 

Now you're ready for the deployment. Also in this case you can choose the task which fits best your scenario. For example, you can deploy the MSIX package to Azure Storage and leverage the App Installer technology to handle the installation and automatic updates. If you want to generate an App Installer file as part of the build process, you can leverage again Advanced Installer. Move to the Builds section of your project and, in the MSIX build definition, look for the section titled AppInstaller. There you will be able to provide all the relevant information, like the URL where you're going to deploy the package, the frequency check for automatic updates, advanced installer azure, etc.

 

 

Remember that some options might be disabled, based on the Windows 10 version you're targeting in the Target Platforms section. For example, the Show Prompt option is supported starting from Windows 10 1903, so if you're targeting a lower version the option will be disabled.

 

Remember to commit the updated .ai file to your repository every time you make any change to the Advanced Installer project, advanced installer azure. This way, you will trigger a new build and a new generation of the MSI and MSIX installers. As last step, if you truly want to enable a full CI/CD experience, remember to click, in the Release pipeline, on the lighting symbol in the Artifacts section and set to Enabled the Continuous Deployment Trigger.

 

 

This way, Azure DevOps will automatically trigger the Release pipeline every time the build pipeline completes successfully.

 

Wrapping up

In this blog post we have seen how, with Advanced Installer, we can enable a CI/CD pipeline on Advanced installer azure DevOps that automatically generates both a MSI and a MSIX package out from the code of our application. This way, we can keep supporting customers who aren't using Windows 10 yet but, at the same time, provide a much better deployment experience for the ones who already doing it. Hopefully, over time, you will be able to stop creating a MSI and focus only on MSIX =)

There are many great 3rd party tools on the market that can help you in the process of creating installers and packages for your applications. Advanced Installer is one of them and one thing I have appreciated is the availability of an Azure DevOps task, which allows me to use one of the built-in hosted agents, without forcing me to maintain a dedicated agent with the required tools.

 

You can find the sample used in this project, together with the full pipeline definition, on GitHub.

 

Happy packaging!

 

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• 64-bit packages - Create packages that run and install on 32-bit processors or on the latest 64-bit CPUs from Intel and AMD.
• Optionally force rebooting - Prompt the user for a reboot even after a successful install, supporting sensitive components that require it.
• Formatted fields - Use variables and parameters almost anywhere in your installs. They will be resolved at build or run time.
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• Run and log MSIs - Launch your MSI package while printing the full Windows Installer log. Syntax highlighting and log summary.
• Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista and UAC installs - From Windows Vista to Windows 11, create installs that target the operating system's features and security model.
• Visual Studio Integration - Use the Advanced Installer Visual Studio extension to easily access your installer directly from your IDE.
• Build cache - Enjoy faster development and quicker installer build times with by caching and reusing unchanged archives.
• PowerShell Integration - Create and configure your projects using PowerShell commands.

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• Installation data - Get essential KPIs for you application, and see how to improve your retention and user experience.
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Application Resources

• Files and folders - Install and uninstall files, create and remove folders. Visually define your distribution tree.
• Create shortcuts - Shortcuts to your files, external files, commands, URLs. Placed anywhere: Desktop, Start Programs menu, etc.
• Windows 11/10/8 support for shortcuts - Enable Windows 11/10/8 behavior like: "Pin to Taskbar", "Prevent auto Pin to Start", "Disable Pin to Start" and "Run as administrator".
• Registry keys and entries - Install and uninstall; create or import them from your Registry or REG files straight into your MSI package.
• Environment variables - User or system environment variables to be created, appended or prepended to existing ones upon install.
• Font registration - Register fonts into the OS, advanced installer azure, specify registration names for non-TrueType fonts.
• Auto register files - Auto registration, for files that support it (such as DLLs and OCXs), can be scheduled at install time.
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Handling Versions

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• Prevent installs of older over newer versions - Advanced Installer will not let the user install older packages over newer ones.
• Side-by-side installs - Create packages (for different versions of your application) that can be installed simultaneously and run side by side.

Installer Conditions

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• Smart condition editor - Quickly and easily edit Windows Installer conditions. Comes with auto completion, property values detection, predefined examples, multiple level undo, etc.

Import

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• Import InstallShield LE projects - Quickly upgrade your existing Visual Studio 2010 InstallShield LE installer projects to Advanced Installer.
• Import WISE projects - Create installation packages by importing WISE projects.
• Import WiX projects - Leverage existing installer projects while accessing the numerous Advanced Installer features and capabilities.
• MSI/MSM import - Import third party MSI installers and MSM merge modules into your own Advanced Installer Projects.
• Import Microsoft Visual Studio projects - Jump-start your installer by importing your existing VS project. Auto-detect names, files and dependencies.
• Import Visual Basic 6.0 applications - Import applications developed in Visual Basic 6.0 to get a head start on creating their installer.
• Import Embarcadero RAD Studio applications - Create installers for applications developed with RAD Studio.
• Import Real Studio applications - Develop installers for Real Studio applications.
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• Import NSIS projects - Switch your NSIS projects to Windows Installer. Enjoy Advanced Installer's ease of use and wealth of features.

Installer Continuous Integration

• Command line mode execution - Build your release packages in a completely automated script, like Make, Ant or NAnt.
• RAD Tools Integration - Enable users to create installers directly from your RAD tool environment.
• Team Foundation Server - Use Advanced Installer's full support to benefit from TFS as back end for your integrated development environment.
• Azure DevOps - Build Advanced Installer projects using Azure DevOps.
• Jenkins - Integrate the Advanced Installer project in your build system using our custom designed plugin.
• TeamCity - Dedicated build runner for Advanced Installer.
• Bamboo - Dedicated Bamboo tasks for Advanced Installer.
• GitHub Actions - Automate the EXE, MSI, and MSIX building using the Advanced Installer's official GitHub Action.

Delivery Options

• Single, self-contained MSI installs - Create a single MSI package that contains bundled everything required to install your application.
• Unpacked installations - The files stay unbundled next to the MSI file, suited for regular installs or to run directly from (CD, DVD) source.
• Archive files into CABs - Your application resources can be archived into CAB files, compressed (for size) or uncompressed (for speed).
• Smart Cabbing - Automatically checks that files with the same source are included only once in the generated CAB file.
• Online installs - The MSI packages can be launched from an URL, either directly by the user or by the EXE bootstrapper (in Pro edition).

Professional Edition Features

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• Software Identification Tag - The easiest way to implement ISO 19770-2 standard compliance in your software products.
• Command line mode editing - Change the project without bringing up the UI - at command line or in batch scripts.
• PowerShell Custom Actions - Run PowerShell scripts by using the dedicated editor, predefined prerequisites, launch conditions, and much more.
• Multi-volume installs - Split large installs onto several disks, with customizable size and number of archives and volumes.
• LZMA compression for installers - Reduce the size of your install packages using some of the best compression algorithms in the industry.
• Large file support - Include in your project files larger than 2GB and pack them using multi-core-aware LZMA compression.
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• User registration, serial code validation, SKUs - Ask the user for a serial code during install. Validate it online, advanced installer azure, through bundled algorithm or your custom DLL.
• Wizard for Professional Project creation - Use the provided wizard to create professional Windows Installer MSI installs in mere minutes.
• Friendly Wizards - Easy to use, intuitive wizards are ready to assist you during your install creation. Get more done in less time.
• Project Notes - Document every intricate detail of your projects in order to improve your installer team collaboration.
• EXE/DLL dependency detector - Quickly and easily find out and include in your installation the libraries that your EXE and DLL files depend on.
• Fast installation - Automatically optimize your packages for the fastest possible installation.
• Single Package Authoring - Create a single MSI package able to install both per-user and per-machine with a selection dialog for the user.
• Mixed 32/64-bit installers - Powerful wizard helps author single, unified installers that run as 32-bit on 32-bit and as 64-bit on 64-bit platforms.
• Control Panel Applets - Install applets in Control Panel to configure and customize your system-level services and applications.
• Visual Studio 2017 Extension and Add-In installers - Easily create dedicated installers for Visual Studio 2017 extensions and add-ins (in Ent. edition).
• Microsoft Office Add-In installers - Easily create dedicated installers for Microsoft Office add-ins directly from a Visual Studio Project or from a disk location.
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Builds

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• APPX Bundles - Create APPX bundles for multiple architectures and platform types.
• Pre/Post-Build Events - Customize your installer build process with pre- and post-build events: copy or move files, run commands.
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Professional Application Resources

• Synchronized folders - Specify installation folders to be synchronized with folders on your disk, with include and exclude patterns.
• Path Variables - Ability to use custom, per-machine configurable Variables in project paths.
• Compute file hashes - Turn this feature on to eliminate unnecessary file copying during a repair process.
• File associations and mime types - Associate files having certain extensions with your application for open, edit, view, print or other operations.
• Vista Default Programs - Take advantage of the Windows Vista's new support for registering applications to handle file types.
• Advertised shortcuts - Advertised shortcuts trigger installation of features on demand or application check and repair when launched.
• INI files and entries - Import full INI files. Easily create and edit, update or change INI entries.
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• Permissions - Set permissions to define in detail the allowed user access to files, folders, registry keys and entries.
• Resource removal on install - Remove files, registry keys and values during both install and uninstall stages.
• File install actions - Move, copy or duplicate any file during install. Reserve additional space for install costing.
• Uninstall cleanup - Now it's easy to make sure your application doesn't leave anything on your user's system after uninstall.
• Persistent user data - Persist user-modified settings and configurations through upgrades and repairs of your application.
• Temporary installation files - Include additional files that must be present at install time, without being installed themselves.

Resource Registration

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• Services - Install and register services. Control (start, stop, etc.) them both on install and uninstall.
• ODBC drivers, data sources and translators - Install and easily set the attributes on ODBC drivers, data sources and translators.
• COM, COM+ and DCOM - Fully specify COM, COM+ and DCOM components for registration at install time.
• COM Interfaces - Create COM Interfaces using Advanced Installer GUI.
• COM+ import - Import complete COM+ installation MSIs into existing Advanced Installer projects.

.NET Framework

• .NET and Win32 assemblies - Install .NET and Win32 assemblies in Global Assembly Cache (GAC) or privately, side-by-side on Windows XP.
• .NET/COM interoperability - Let Advanced Installer extract registration information and register your .NET assemblies for COM interoperability.
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Custom Actions

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• Nested Install custom actions - Launch an embedded MSI file from your installation in order to install, repair or remove another product.
• Multi-file Custom Actions - Provide resources in separate files. Call normal, third-party multi-file programs as custom actions.
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Package Organization

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• Group components in features - Group installation components into features, share them or set their attributes and install conditions.
• Build one CAB per feature - Save bandwidth by ensuring that for online installs only features actually installed will be downloaded.
• Isolated components - Ensure the components you need are next to your application and will not be overwritten by other software.
• Qualified/Published components - Another level of indirection in your components supports pluggable components and replaceable implementations.

EXE bootstrapper

• Customized EXE bootstrapper - Bootstrap your MSI or MSIX(AppX) package into an EXE file with a custom icon, file description and version.
• MD5 signatures - Setups can use MD5 for checking self and downloaded files (prerequisites or updates) integrity.
• Prerequisites - Create setups that can automatically search for, download and install prerequisite applications. Advanced installer azure CLI support from Enterprise.
• Install/update Windows Installer - Set it as prerequisite and your setup will be able to download and update it on the target machine.
• Latest version check - On launch, check online for a newer version of this installer, and if available, download and install it instead.
• Bootstrapper UI - The Bootstrapper UI has Enhanced UI rendering engine with MSI Dialog table, advanced installer azure, making the EXE and MSI dialogs indistinguishable.
• Bootstrapper for Desktop Bridge apps - On launch, we check on which OS the package is running and install an MSIX(AppX) package, for Windows 11, or an MSI for older systems.

User Interface

• Change banners and images - Customize the way dialogs look during the installation process by changing the background banner images.
• Over 75 bundled setup themes - You have over 75 built-in custom themes to effortlessly give your application a professional (and gorgeous!) look.
• Additional Dialogs - Select one of the available pre-built dialogs to appear in front of the user during the installation.
• Background image slide shows - Schedule image slide shows during the install of your application. Advertise your brand and products, show off their abilities.

Localization

• Create packages in other languages - Currently localizations in 31 languages for MSIs, EXE bootstrapper and all helper utilities are already included.
• Localize in a new language - Translating additional languages is as easy as editing an XML file generated as a dictionary of untranslated strings.
• Multilingual packages - Generate a single MSI or EXE file with all the desired languages. Automatically match the end-user's default language.
• Language Selection Dialog - Allow your users to select any installation language from the languages included in your installer.
• Localize UWP package - Localize your Universal Windows Platform package and distribute it worldwide through the Microsoft Store.

Automatic Updater

• Advanced Updater tool - Highly configurable and versatile, it automatically checks for, downloads and installs patches and updates.
• Visual Updates Editor - Edit your updates configurations visually in dedicated projects and build in multiple locales.
• HTTP authentication, HTTPS - Downloading over HTTPS is supported, as well as HTTP authentication which prompts for a user and password.
• Server-side license check - Server-side license check is supported, as another way to hinder piracy.
• Toast Notifications - Prompt your users with a notification and keep them up to date with the latest version of your application.

Windows Store

• Windows Store Apps - Package your applications for next generation deployment in Windows 8/8.1/10 and beyond with AppX.
• Import Windows Store Apps - Import and edit existing Windows Store App packages using the friendly Advanced Installer GUI.
• Mobile Installers - Create CABinet packages that can be used to install applications on Windows CE / Mobile platforms.
• MSIX ∙ Desktop Bridge - Full support to build, debug and customize MSIX(AppX) packages for your Win32/.NET applications, through Desktop Bridge. Create UWP and WSA packages from your existing projects.
• Package Support Framework - Migrate to the MSIX package standard by using the built-in support for the Package Support Framework.

Internet Information Services (IIS)

• Web Sites and Web Applications - Configure and deploy Web Sites, create Front Page Server Extensions, Web Application Mappings, etc.
• Import Web Applications - Quickly configure web sites, virtual directories and application pools by importing directly from your working configurations.
• Virtual Directories - Configure and deploy Virtual Directories, associate a Web Application, open FTP access, etc.
• Configure IIS server - Configure the IIS server, register ISAPI filters, backup the metabase, open the Management Console, FastCgi Applications.
• Application Pools - Assign specific configuration settings to a worker process (or processes) that services a group of applications.
• IIS 5.1 to 10 - Full support for IIS 5.1, 6, 7, 8, 8.5 and 10 running on Microsoft Windows XP all the way to Windows 11 and 2012 R2 Server OSs.
• User Accounts integration - Configure anonymous access for IIS or authentication fully integrated with the User Accounts functionality.
• HTTPS/SSL configuration - Configure HTTPS/SSL parameters for websites: bindings, digital certificates and options.
• ASP.NET support - Dedicated wizard. Register your ASP.NET (including .NET 4.5) web application with IIS 7/8 or with IIS 5/6.
• Configure Custom Properties - In addition to the dedicated UI features, custom properties help you modify the majority of IIS 7 or above attributes/collections.

For Java Installer Features

• Console/GUI Java applications - Package both console applications (within a terminal window) and GUI applications (that have a graphical user interface).
• Write Win32 services in Java - Quickly and easily create, package, install and run Win32 services written in Java.
• Multiple Java applications per package - Install several Java applications (each with its own settings and native launcher) with the same package.
• 100% native code, no JVM overhead - Installers contain only native code and technologies, for the smallest footprint and the tightest platform integration.
• Wizard for Java Project creation - Use the wizard to create complete Windows and Mac OS X installers for your Java application in mere minutes.
• Import Eclipse projects - Point Advanced Installer to your Eclipse project and it will instantaneously create advanced installer azure installer and launchers.
• Import IntelliJ IDEA projects - Powerful wizard employed to help you create installation packages by importing IntelliJ IDEA workspaces.
• Pack200 packing for JAR files - Coupled with LZMA compression, can reduce the size of code archives to as low as 20% of the initial size.
• Flexible ClassPath, Library and System paths - Include JAR files, folders, Windows Installer properties and environment variables in your application's paths.
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• Powerful memory sizing options - Specify JVM initial and maximum heap and stack sizes, fixed or in bounded physical memory percentages.
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• JRE/JDK prerequisite - Check if the right JVM is present on the target machine and, if necessary, download and install it.

Java Native Launcher

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• Your process name instead of java/javaw - Set your own process name to appear in the task manager and the Windows XP task bar groups.
• Custom application/EXE icon - Include a professional native Windows ICO icon in your executable, with multiple resolutions and color depths.
• File version and name for executable - Embed the version information and name into the generated executable file of your Java application.
• Instant-on native splash screen - A custom splash screen displayed as soon as the EXE file is launched, without having to wait for the JRE to load.
• Java 6 native splash screen - Use the standard Java 6 native splash screen API if available, or fall back on the one provided otherwise.
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• Single application instance - Optionally enforce a system-wide unique instance of your product, redirecting secondary launches to this instance.
• Stdout and stderr redirection - Redirect the standard streams to files so the user can check for errors and exceptions even for GUI applications.
• Native 64-bit launcher - A native 64-bit Java launcher version allows you to load your application into a discovered (or bundled) 64-bit JRE.
• Embed JAR in EXE - Protect your application code and simplify deployment by running your JAR directly from the native launcher, without an extraction.

Mac OS X Packages

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• Translate Windows settings to Mac OS X - Every installer setting with an equivalent on Mac OS X will be used directly like it is used in the Windows package.
• Platform-specific Mac OS X settings - Settings that are specific to Mac OS X can be specified separately for the best platform integration.
• Minimum Mac OS X version - Specify the minimum version of Mac OS X required to run your application.
• Native Mac OS X icon - Specify a ICNS file to be used to graphically identify your application on Mac OS X.
• Mac OS X splash screen - Display a specified splash screen when launching your application on Mac OS X.
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Enterprise Edition Features

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• Embedded Chainers - Embed multiple MSIs in a unified setup package and install them chained in a single, atomic transaction.
• Prerequisites Repository - Save the prerequisites you defined and reuse them in other projects.
• Multiple Instances - Allow the installation of multiple instances of your product on the same computer.
• MSI Transforms - Capture user input during an install or the differences between two MSI databases into a Windows Installer transform.
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Dialog Editor

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• ListBox & ComboBox controls - Predefined Custom Actions for populating, deleting and extracting data from ListBox and ComboBox controls.
• Collect user info - Predefined Custom Action for collecting user information during install and POST-ing it to your web server.
• UI Testing - Test your installer's User Interface as you create it, without building the full package every time.

Enhanced User Interface

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• Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista controls - On Windows Vista or higher, use true color icons as large as 256x256 pixels and Command Link controls.
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• Global Progress - Deterministic, installation-global progress tracking events. Correctly estimate installer completion and avoid user confusion.

Patches

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• Removable Patches - Advanced Installer generates patches that can be uninstalled separately on Windows Installer 3.0 or higher.
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Merge Modules

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• Configurable Parameters - Allow your users to customize the Merge Modules you provide. Specify what can be changed and how.

Server & Web Apps

• Microsoft Web Deploy - Publish Web Applications to Microsoft Azure and IIS from installers using Microsoft Web Deploy.
• Tomcat Web Applications - Simple-to-build installers to easily and quickly deploy your web applications into Apache Tomcat.
• Deploy SharePoint 2016 solutions - Included wizard will painlessly create standard MSI installers to deploy SharePoint 2016 solutions.
• Windows Server Roles - Advanced Installer simplifies how you install roles on the server and lets you install multiple roles at the same time.
• IIS Browse - Help your users easily pick target Web Sites, Virtual Directories and Application Pools by showing a list with what's available.
• Microsoft Silverlight Applications - Use the dedicated UI to manage deployment solutions for Microsoft Silverlight OoB (out of browser) applications.

Databases

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• SQL Queries - Interrogate SQL databases and use the retrieved information during the installation.
• SQL Server Reporting Services - Upload reports, datasets or data sources to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Transaction Support - Full transaction support for running SQL Scripts on transaction-capable DBMSs.
• Sandbox Test - Test SQL Queries and Connections in an isolated environment on your development machine.
• SQL Server Browser - Automatically discover and list Microsoft SQL Servers available on the network at install time.
• Allowed Databases List - List all databases the user with the associated credentials is allowed to connect to.

Architect Edition Features

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Repackage

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• VMware Repackager - Choose between performing the capture either on your development machine or on a VMware virtual machine.
• Hyper-V Repackager - Choose between performing the capture either on your development machine or on a Hyper-V virtual machine.
• Docker Repackager - Native integration for Docker containers. Repackage applications that support silent installation switches and convert them to MSI or MSIX.
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Application Virtualization

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• App-V Import - Create installation packages by importing existing App-V packages. Convert App-V 4.x applications to App-V 5.x.
• App-V GUI Editor - Open App-V 5.x packages with Advanced Installer, edit and save the changes from our friendly GUI, no sequencing.
• App-V CLI Editor - Use the TweakAppV.exe command line interface tool as a scripting alternative to the graphical interface editor.
• VMware ThinApp - Full support for VMware's ThinApp technology. Utorrent proxy list create a virtualized version of your application from your installer.
• VMware ThinApp Import - Create installation packages by importing ThinApp project folders.

Mobile Device Management

• SCCM Deployment - Save time by using the integrated deployment to System Center Configuration Manager. CLI is included.
• Deploy App-V packages with SCCM - Comfortably manage virtual and physical applications deployment through SCCM and more.
• Microsoft Intune Deployment - Deploy your applications to Microsoft Intune by using our wizard or CLI.