v2011.0 [Sep 30, 2011]
InstallAnywhere 2009 Enterprise is now InstallAnywhere 2011 Enterprise , with new features :
Expanded Platform Support: InstallAnywhere 2011 supports the latest and most updated platforms including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), SUSE Linux 11.3, Ubuntu 10.10, Solaris 11, HP-UX 11i, AIX 7.1, IBM i5/OS, Z/OS, RHEL 6 and Fedora 14.
Enhanced Merge Modules Features: InstallAnywhere 2011 provides a single uninstaller that will work with your main project as well as any other merge modules. This new capability reduces potential uninstall errors and saves time for the set up author.
Unified Progress Bar: A unified progress bar has been developed to show installation progress for all included components providing greater insight into the overall software installation.
Extended External Resource Bundle Support: External Resource Bundle support enables the localization of installer strings. Merge modules can now leverage the external resource bundles from the parent as well.
Enhanced Installation Logging: Merge modules now have installation logs in addition to the parent log files. Developers also have the ability to consolidate the parent and merge module log files. All logging related settings have been consolidated into a single log settings task.
Enhanced Support for Third-Party Compression Algorithms: InstallAnywhere 2011 allows set up authors to expand 7-Zip (LZMA) and TAR compressed archives on their target system offering the ability to expand these archives in a fast and reliable manner.
Complex Rule Expressions with Multiple Operators: InstallAnywhere 2011 provides the ability to write complex rule expressions (and/or/not) with the application logic. These complex rule expressions help set up authors to better mirror their complex business logic.
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Enhancements: InstallAnywhere 2011 supports the latest versions of JVM for Sun, IBM, Apple and HP (ver 1.4x, 1.5x and 1.6x), with advanced search enhancements for the developer to put in their installer.
JVM Download at Runtime: InstallAnywhere 2011 provides the option to download a JVM from the Internet in real time if the JVM is not found on the end user machine. This capability not only saves time, but provides a smaller footprint for the installer package.
“Signed” Installations: Installers now have the ability to have custom code archives or their dependencies as signed JARS. InstallAnywhere will extract files and make use of Java to verify the signature, ensuring the safety of these custom code JARS.
IDE Enhancements: InstallAnywhere 2011 provides a list of preset variables that can eliminate manual entry and a table that allows quick viewing of all variables in a project. In addition, there is now a variable search and replace function that can be utilized in any of the installation tasks / phases to enable rapid changes.
To get further information about the new release right now, check out our new InstallAnywhere 2011 Resources page. As always, we welcome your feedback and especially look forward to hearing stories about which features motivated existing customers to get current and new customers to acquire InstallAnywhere for the first time.
