Application Packaging Wizards
Advanced Installer simplifies some complex operations by using wizards. They are guiding the user step by step through every stage of an operation.
There are several installer wizard types in Advanced Installer:
Generic Project Creation Wizards
These Wizards will guide you throughout the creation process of a generic installation package and are available from the Start Page.
Simple Project
The wizard creates a new simple project. It adds to the project: product data, files and shortcuts.
Professional Project
The wizard creates a new professional project. It adds to the project: product data, files, synchronized folders, shortcuts, file associations and build languages.
Enterprise Project
The wizard creates a new Enterprise project. In addition to all the functionality offered by a Professional and Java Application project, it offers a dialog editor, driver installation support and IIS configuration just to name a few.
Architect Project
The wizard creates a new Architect project. In addition to all the features offered by an Enterprise project it offers support for creating App-V packages.
Specialized Project Creation Wizards
These packaging process wizards will guide you throughout the creation process of a specialized installation package and are available from the Start Page.
.NET Application Project
This wizard will help you create an installation package for a .NET framework application.
Visual Studio Application Project
This wizard will help you create an installation package for a Visual Studio application. All types of Visual Studio solutions are supported.
Visual Basic 6.0 Application Project
This wizard will help you create an installation package for an application created with Visual Basic 6.0.
Mixed 32/64-bit Package Wizard
This wizard will allow you to organize a Mixed 32/64-bit matching the platform package. You can find out more about this wizard from the Mixed 32/64 Wizard page.
Client/Server Application Project
This wizard will help you create an installation package for a client/server application type.
XNA Game Project
This wizard will help you create an installation package for your XNA games.
SharePoint solution Project
This wizard will help you create an installer for your SharePoint solution.
ASP.NET Application
This wizard will help you create an install package for your ASP.NET applications like web sites, web applications and web services.
Java Application Project
The wizard creates a new Java project. It adds product data, files, synchronized folders, a Java product and build languages.
The user can set up the options for the Java product: classPath, Main class, type, icon and preferred JRE. Shortcuts and file associations can be created for this Java product. The user also has the option to create a Mac OS X package for its application.
Tomcat Web Application Project
This wizard will help you create an installer for your Tomcat Web application.
Eclipse Workspace Project
This wizard will help you create an installer from an imported Eclipse workspace.
IntelliJ IDEA Workspace Project
This wizard will help you create an installer from an imported IntelliJ IDEA workspace.
Patch Project
The wizard creates a new Patch project. It adds data about the patch, the target and upgraded MSIs.
Office Add-In Project
This wizard will help you create an installer for your Office Add-in.
Visual Studio Add-In Project
This wizard will help you create an installer for your Visual Studio Add-in.
Adobe Product Plug-In
This wizard will help you create an installer for your Adobe plug-in. The following Adobe products are supported: Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Fireworks. This wizard also, gives you the possibility to install your plug-in for all the Adobe product's installed versions or for the newest one only.
Merge Module Project
The wizard creates a new Merge Module Project. It adds data about the merge module information, files, shortcuts, file associations and build languages.
MSM Package Project
This wizard will help you create a redistributable Merge Module by importing existing MSM files.
WiX MSM Project
This wizard will help you create a redistributable Merge Module by importing WiX projects.
Windows Store Project
This wizard will help you create an application distributable through the Windows Store.
Modification Package Project
This wizard will help you create a Modification Package which allows you to update and extend an application installed by an MSIX package.
Repackage Installation Project
The wizard creates a new Repackage Installation Project. This type of project gives you the possibility to create a project based on capturing an existing installation.
Import MSI Project
This wizard will help you create an installer by importing an existing MSI file.
Visual Studio Setup Project
This wizard will help you create an installation package by importing Visual Studio setup project files.
WiX Project
This wizard will help you create an installer by importing WiX Projects.
Inno Setup Script Project
This wizard will help you create an installation package by importing Inno setup script files.
NSIS Script Project
This wizard will help you create an installation package by importing NSIS script files.
InstallShield LE Project
This wizard will help you create an installer by importing InstallShield LE project files.
WISE Project
This wizard will help you create an installer by importing WISE projects.
Project Editing Wizards
These wizards help you create all the necessary modifications to your project. They are accessible from within the project pages available in the left pane or by selecting them from the toolbar "Wizards" menu.
Shortcut
The wizard creates a new shortcut to an installed file, to an item already present on the target machine, to the uninstaller of the package or to a URL. The location of the shortcut can be easily specified.
File Association
The wizard adds a new file association by gathering data about the progID, extension and verb.
Search
The wizard creates different types of search: for a file, a folder or a registry.
Custom Action
The wizard can set up different types of custom actions: attached, installed, property source, nested installs, script inline or predefined customs actions.
Feature Wizard
This wizard will allow you to create and configure a feature.
Launch Condition
This wizard will help you create a new launch condition starting from a search or an existing property.
Prerequisite
This wizard will help you create a new prerequisite for your installer.
Build Configuration Wizard
This wizard allows you to configure the structure of the installation package by automatically setting the appropriate options in the Builds page.
Driver
This wizard will help you create a driver package.
Transform Wizard
This wizard allows you to create a Windows Installer Transform file (MST). You can create two kinds of transforms:
- Response Transform - Executes the UI of the installation and saves the user input in a transform.
- Regular Transform - Stores the differences between two MSI databases.
Add Language Wizard
This wizard allows you to add a new language to the project, add the necessary resources(files and folders) for the selected language and organize these resources into language specific features. This wizard supports both languages with built-in dictionaries in Advanced Installer and those without. It also presents the possibility to either create a separate installer for this language or multi-language package.
Events Wizard
This wizard will allow you to create commonly used control events or subscribe a control to an existing event.
IIS Wizards
These Wizards are specific to the IIS Page and are accessible from the toolbar.
Import Web Application Wizard
This wizard will scan the machine for any ISS servers and will generate an XML file containing the ISS server configuration found. Based on this XML file, the resources will be imported in the project. It is also possible to skip the scanning phase and immediately import the ISS server into the project, if you provide a valid XML file from a previous scan.
In order to use this wizard, the scan must be performed on the machine
hosting the IIS server.
Browse Web Sites & Virtual Directories
This wizard allows you to select a predefined or user created dialog from the dialogues chain for which it will create all the necessary settings in order to allow the end user to browse all available websites and virtual directories during the installation process.
Browse Application Pools
This wizard allows you to select a predefined or user created dialog from the dialogues chain for which it will create all the necessary settings in order to allow the end user to browse all available application pools during the installation process.
SQL Scripts Wizards
The wizards are specific to the SQL Databases Page and can be launched from the toolbar.
Browse SQL Servers Wizard
This wizard will create all the necessary settings on a selected dialog which will allow the end user to browse for the available SQL servers during the installation process.
Browse SQL Servers Databases
This wizard will create all the necessary settings on a selected dialog which will allow the end user to browse for the available SQL databases during the installation process.
Other Wizards
Registration
The wizard will attempt to connect to the Internet and download the license. If it fails it will suggest different solutions: new proxy settings or registration by e-mail. This wizard is used only when you will register your copy of Advanced Installer.
Topics
- Project Information Wizard Dialogs
Project information dialogs specific to wizards. - Mixed 32/64 Wizard
Manage 32-bit and 64-bit files installation. - New VM wizard
Create a new virtual machine for testing or repackaging operations. - MDM Tools
MDM Tools deployment tools - Conflicts Detector Wizard
Detect conflicts between two MSI databases. - Path Variable Wizard
Use the Path Variable Wizard to change the paths from your project.