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InstallShield Express 12.0

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Price: Purchase $449.00 to buy
Operating system: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/2003/NT
Date added: December 03, 2006
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From InstallShield Software :

InstallShield is now part of Macrovision - Macrovision is proud to be continuing support and development for product lines previously offered by InstallShield Corporation, including the award-winning InstallShield installation-authoring tools. Used on more than 500 million PCs around the globe, InstallShield is widely recognized as the de facto standard in software installation.

InstallShield Express provides an easy-to-use, highly productive Windows installation authoring environment for straightforward projects. InstallShield Express guides users step-by-step through a checklist interface including many productivity Wizards, task-oriented views, and built-in support for over 70 redistributable technologies. No scripting is required. Express enables complete installation development with no training in less than a day. Express can be run with its traditional IDE or fully integrated into the Visual Studio .NET interface. Express installations target all major versions of Windows and the .NET Framework.

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Version: InstallShield Express 12.0

"Never use InstallShield"

by collinsauve on October 20, 2009

Pros: No Pros. Terrible product.

Cons: - Non-Intuitive UI for creating installers. Very difficult to make installers with large amounts of files
- Bloated installers. Installers are very large.
- Many defects.

Summary: More Cons:
- Knowledge Base missing a lot of information
- Support does not respond to email requests in a timely manner
- Forums are not administrated on a consistent basis -- some issues go without answers for MONTHS
- Scriptin... read more >>

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