| Feature |
InstallMate 7 |
| Installation platforms (Desktop) |
Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000,
XP, Vista, 7, and later, including x64 editions |
| Installation platforms (Server) |
Windows NT4 Server, Server 2000, 2003, 2008,
and later, including x64 editions and Windows Server 2008 Core installations
(both GUI and console modes are supported on Core versions) |
| Other Windows platforms |
Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) 1.0 - 3.0 supported |
| Windows Mobile |
PocketPC and SmartPhone 2003 and later, including Windows
Mobile 5 and 6. |
| Development platforms |
Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, and later,
including x64 and Server editions. |
| Windows SxS support |
Yes |
| Windows Vista Restart Manager support |
Yes |
| Installs and removes |
...programs, documents, images, multi-media files,
TrueType® and OpenType® fonts, ActiveX controls, COM servers, type
libraries, WinHelp files, device drivers, services, registry updates, INI
files, environment variables, program groups, shortcuts, and third-party
tools, with many options and additional support
for .Net assemblies, automatic .Net and MSI prerequisite installation, and
Windows side-by-side assemblies with automatic fallback on older systems. |
| Platform-dependent installations |
...allow you to specify the exact Windows versions
for each installation item |
| Multilingual support |
...in any language supported by Windows, for
any text and screen in the installer. Translations into 19 languages included. |
| Single-file distributions |
...with Authenticode® signatures for secure
Internet downloads, CD-ROM distribution, or any other channel, plus loader + archive, loader + download, and plain file distributions. |
| Password-protected |
...installation packages for greater security |
| Digital signatures |
Yes, Authenticode® digital signatures |
| Context-sensitive help |
Yes (HTML Help) |
| Project file format |
XML format; full Unicode support (UTF-8 or UTF-16 encoded) |
| Feature |
InstallMate 7 |
| Approach |
Full-featured and fully authorable |
| User interface style |
Explorer-style with direct-access
project pages |
| Editing style |
In-place editing of all installation
items |
| Dialog editor |
Yes |
| Localization editor |
Yes |
| Action sequence editor |
Yes |
| Smart defaults |
Yes |
| Preflight checks |
More than 500 |
| File and project import |
Tarma QuickInstall 2.x
Tarma ExpertInstall 3.x
Tarma Installer 5.x
InstallShield Wizard
MSI merge modules
Visual Basic 5/6 projects
REGEDIT4 and RegEdit 5.00 files
Windows Mobile .cab archives |
| Dynamic file inclusion |
Yes, per-folder watch lists allow you to specify
wildcard patterns of files for automatic inclusion in the project. |
| Multiple build configurations |
Yes |
| Build-time variables |
Yes, you can define configuration-specific variables for use in build-time conditions and as regular variables. |
| Build-time conditions |
Yes, components and features can be selectively
included or excluded from a build based on build-time conditions |
| One-keystroke project builds |
Yes |
| Preflight checks only |
Yes |
| GUI build mode |
Yes |
| Batch build mode |
Yes |
| Custom build actions |
Pre-all, pre-check, pre-build, post-build, post-all |
| Build log |
Yes, plus separate build manifest |
| Feature |
InstallMate 7 |
| Approach |
Full-featured and fully authorable |
| User interface style |
Setup wizard (fully authorable) |
| Interactive install |
Yes |
| Quiet/Unattended install |
Yes |
| Hidden install |
Yes |
| Group Policy Software Installation |
Yes, with ZAP file or MSI wrapper |
| Fully isolated Current User |
Yes |
| Customization |
Everything can be customized |
| Setup stubs |
32-bit ANSI, 32-bit Unicode, x64
Unicode |
| Compression method |
Deflate or LZMA |
| System requirements |
Desktop: Windows 95, 98,
Me, NT4, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and later, including x64 editions.
Server: Windows NT4 Server editions, Server 2000, 2003, 2008,
7, and later, including x64 editions and Windows Server 2008 Core installations
(both GUI and console modes are supported on Core versions).
Mobile: PocketPC and SmartPhone 2003 and later, including Windows
Mobile 5 and 6. |
| Platform-dependent installation |
Yes |
| Language-dependent installation |
Yes |
| Component-based installation |
Yes |
| Feature-based installation |
Yes |
| .Net assembly installation |
Yes |
| Installation of Windows side-by-side assemblies (e.g. VS2005
and VS2008 runtime libs) |
Yes |
| Conditional installation and actions |
Yes, full conditional expression
syntax with further enhancements |
| Nested installations |
Yes |
| Reboot management |
Manual, automatic, or programmatic;
interacts with Vista Restart Manager where required. |
| Uninstaller options |
Normal, Hidden, Add-on, None. A/RP Change option
can be suppressed. |
| Feature |
InstallMate 7 |
| General installation |
Yes, with many new options |
| Version checks |
Yes |
| Reference counting |
Yes |
| Windows File Protection (WFP) compliance |
Yes |
| Automatic rollback and restore |
Yes |
| Delayed file copying for in-use
files |
Yes, with additional protection |
| Folder installation options |
Create on demand, Create always |
| Folder removal options |
Remove if empty, Remove with files, Remove with
files and subfolders |
| File installation options |
Always, Newer, Not modified, Already present,
Not present |
| File removal options |
Always, If installed, Restore original, Keep |
| Feature |
InstallMate 7 |
| App Paths registration |
Yes, any executable file |
| Registry keys and values |
Yes, any type; many new options |
| INI files |
Yes, with many new options |
| Environment variables |
Yes, with many new options |
| Key installation options |
Create on demand, Create always |
| Key removal options |
Remove if empty, Remove with values, Remove
with values and subkeys |
| Value installation options |
Overwrite, Append, Prepend, If present, If not
present |
| Value removal options |
Remove always, Remove if not modified, Remove
partial, Restore original, Keep |
| File types (incl. extensions and
shell verbs) |
Yes |
| MIME types |
Yes |
| COM classes and servers |
Yes |
| DCOM servers |
Yes |
| Typelibs |
Yes |
| Services and drivers |
Yes |
| Installer extensions |
Extension DLL
Custom actions (many) |
| Feature |
InstallMate 7 |
| Language selection |
User or automatic |
| Localized Readme and License Agreement
texts |
Yes (all installer resources are
localizable) |
| Language-dependent file installation |
Yes (all components can be language-dependent) |
| Language model |
Multilingual or per-language installers |
| Languages included |
19 languages included (Chinese Simplified,
Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian,
Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish);
you can add your own translations with the built-in localization editors |
