| Feature |
Standard |
Professional |
Basic installer
functionality
Modify registry, shortcuts, ini files, installation
items, text files, file associations, ... |
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Interactive and file
operations
Show message boxes, open web pages, ask yes/no
questions, execute other programs, copy files, move
files, etc. |
 |
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Create update programs
Create installations that check for the existance of
previous installations of the program and update the
existing settings |
 |
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User variables
Store user input or system properties into variables and
write the variables into registry / config files, or
branch installation execution based on them |
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Conditionals
Perform any of the installation actions only if given
conditions are met |
 |
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Various wizards
Easily create normal installations, update
installations, import VB projects or scan the
dependencies of given executable or DLL files |
 |
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Multilanguage support
Create localized installations. Currently 16 different
languages are supported |
 |
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Rich text support
Display formatted text in e.g. Readme and License
agreement |
 |
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Multiple disk spanning
/ Single file
Divide the installation to multiple disks or create a
single executable installation |
 |
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Resource files
Create single executable installations that contain
files that are ready to be used already before the
actual installation process |
 |
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System information
retrieval
Retrieve the properties of destination system and
compare agains program requirements |
 |
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User information and
serial checking
Ask the user for identification information and match
that information against static validity list or provide
a DLL for the verification |
 |
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Customizable outlook
and slideshow
Freely modify the outlook of the background window and
display slideshow during installation |
 |
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MP3 and JPG support
Convert MP3 files to WAV and JPG files to BMP; Play MP3
files during installation |
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Shared DLL, ActiveX
control and Type library support
Automatically register DLL, OCX, TLB, EXE and other
files |
 |
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XML format
The project files are stored in XML making it easy to
modify them externally if necessary |
 |
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Dialog editor
Freely edit any properties of the dialogs shown during
installation and add new dialogs |
 |
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Theme support
Change the outlook of entire installation with just one
mouse click and create your own themes |
Limited |
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AutoUpdater
Automatically retrieve updates to your own programs
using a professional looking application |
 |
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Install 3rd-party
components
Automatically install common 3rd-party components, such
as .NET Framework, JRE, MDAC, etc. |
 |
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Free updates to any 2.x
version
Get the updates for free. |
1 year |
Unlimited |