| 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 non-interactive 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 16 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 non-interactive 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 |
16 languages included (Chinese Simplified,
Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian,
Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish);
you can add your own translations with the built-in localization editors |
