// JavaScript for user quotes var quotes = [ "I think that your product beats the opposition hands-down as regards cost/functionality. The thing I like most about the application is that I can create an installation package without too much effort. It just seem so much more straight forward than other Installer packages. -- Dermot D.", "I just wanted to write you again to let you know how great I think this installer is! [...] Your approach to installer creation is easy to understand, even easier to use and written as if you knew someday a complete novice like me would use it. The only way it could have been any easier would be if someone came to my house and did it for me. -- Tim B.", "I have used Setup Factory and InstallShield. Installshield is 10 to 50 times more expensive and does not have any advantage over Tarma for 96% of install authoring users. I think Tarma Installer is the best installer product on the market at any price! -- Roger Berk, Creative Technology", "This Tarma Installer is absolutely wonderful! [...] You're right about one thing; the Tarma defaults are doing most of the work for me. Whenever I've goofed something up, I've learn to quit trying to do it myself and just let the Tarma handle it. -- Tim B.", "I'm a software engineer working at a major sign manufacturing company that has been using Installshield Express for 3 years (and hating every minute of it). Installshield has a huge footprint, is very expensive and their technical support is terrible, even when purchasing their expensive maintenance programs. I downloaded what is now referred to as Tarma QuickInstall late December 2005 being very skeptical that such an inexpensive product could compete with Installshield. I was 100% wrong! Tarma installer projects are extremely easy to create, the built-in help is very complete and the product simply works. -- Jim Heuberger, Senior Software Engineer, Everbrite, LLC", "Quite frankly, these products [names of competitors removed] are all pretty much expensive junk. In contrast, I found ExpertInstall to be refreshingly different, and I have to congratulate you on producing such a superb product at a very competitive price. -- Steve Hitchen, Avocosecure", "The latest installer drop is awesome. The per language readme/license works pretty well and very easy and intuitive to use. I like your new organization of the input screens. An FYI for you, we have had more than 500,000 downloads of our Viewer since December. -- Subu G.", "Another interesting aspect of your product is the fact that if an option is not available directly, it is possible to attach a custom DLL to complement the product. We have not yet exploited this feature, but am relieved to know it is there. The password protection, customer registration, and the application signing are up-to-date features that many installers do not offer. -- Dominique T.", "It is very flexible .. I need to create very unusual installers for different purposes, and Tarma seems to handle it all. The Actions are especially useful, as are the named variables that can be defined by registry/INI entries. Overall a great product! -- Scott Prentice, President, Leximation, Inc.", "I tested several low cost, third party install creation programs and ExpertInstall (even QuickInstall for that matter) was the only program with the ability to install and register all my packaged components accurately. -- Neil Axe, Exalien Software", "There are a lot of features I like, but I'm most pleased with the dependability of the installer. It always works the way I expected in creating installation packages, and I have never had an install problem. Great product -- keep up the good work! -- Clifford A.", "We are just completing the process of translating an accounting application for the Spanish market. Unfortunately, the version of InstallShield which we were using for the english version of the product does not support other languages, and the upgraded version uses an enormous amount of disk space. A quick search [...] led us to Tarma Installer and after a couple of hours trying it out, I have to say that it is a very impressive product. -- Mike O., Ireland", "Anyway, we haven't spoken before, but I just wanted to drop you a note and say that I love your installer product! Small and to-the-point! With code bloat at amazing levels these days, it's cool to see that people know how to make things tiny and powerful still. -- Brian M.", "We were dismayed at both the prices and complexities of the larger brand installation software packages on the market. It was a pleasant surprise to find Tarma Installer. Excellent on price and simple to use. -- Ken R., UK", "Thank you for a suberb, polished, flexible and intuitive product. For the price this package beats anything else I have come across. I hope that doesn't sound too smarmy, it really is the truth. -- Matthew M., England", "Flexibility and support. Ron has been absolutely terrific in responding to my problems and my requests for enhancements. Tarma has the best customer support of any software company I've dealt with. -- Dave C., UK", "As good as the program itself is, technical support is even more outstanding! I've had two problems so far and Tarma technical support has returned all my emails within 24 hours and answered all of my questions. In fact, the latest problem that I encountered last week was diagnosed and recreated with 2 days and a feature ADDITION was added to the program within the next 2 days. This is absolutely unbelievable customer service and is the very thing that motivated me to write this unsolicited review. -- Jim Heuberger, Senior Software Engineer, Everbrite, LLC", "Despite the fact that I wasn't yet a customer, Ron responded within 24 hours with all the information I needed. No other installer company could help me and many didn't even bother to respond. Ron's quick help made my decision very easy. [...] You guys are tops in both your product and customer service. Thank you! -- Jeff S.", "Wow, thanks a lot! I never expected such a fast response [...]! It's really appreciated. I'm more of a designer than a programmer, so I almost broke my feeble artist's brain while evaluating various installer software. [...] Again, thank you very much! I think you might have saved my life... :) -- Michael L.", "We appreciate the fact that it works. Sounds strange, but with the number of installers we have tried that did not function as they should, or did only at the odd occasion, it was a relief to find a program that worked as planned. -- Dominique T.", "The price was very important since our project is not made for commercial distribution. The website provided good overview of your features and an actual trial (very easy to use) that allowed me to try out your product before buying. What really set you apart from the others though, was your GUI-editor that works very well. Your installer software provided a solution fitting to all my needs. -- Johan Bernhardsson, Sweden", "Simplicity. No need to mess about. Tarma Installer is one of those rare products that does what it says it will do, does it well, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. It's easy to use and easy for the majority of customers/end-users. -- Paul Jackson, Resolve Computing, Australia", "Don't let the bargain price fool you, this is a full-on installer product. It can generate a professional setup program from many sources, including a VB6 .vbp file. There are handles that allow you to create very complex setups over a variety of Windows versions and spoken languages, but you can also have a working installer in a few minutes. I had my (non-working) 32 bit project installed in Windows 7 64 bit an hour after getting Tarma Installer. There is ample, clear documentation and a pre-flight mode that does a good job of analyzing your choices and finding potential omissions or errors. -- Anonymous customer review on the Softpedia download site", "What's left to say is that Tarma Installer is a professional's choice when it comes to creating self-extracting or plain file installers of any type. For the [price], I would have to say that it is a small price to pay considering that you get to benefit from such a wide variety of options that turn your product into a professional tool. -- We Say IT Magazine", "Not a lot of installer packers give you a full control over that many file aspects, not to mention the full customization of the pop-up windows. After carefully going through each set of configuration options, you will be able to create a fast and optimal software installer for any product. Tarma Installer is a must have for experienced software developers who need to deliver their products in a professional and secure way. -- Adrian Arsene, official reviewer for developer products, Softpedia download site", "I used Innosetup for a while but this is much more robust and easier to use. A lot of detail was put into this application and I am sure will be extremely popular. I put the application through the wringer quite a few times and had some people at CoffeeCup Software put it to use and I quote from the programmer there 'This is amazing'. -- Scott Swedorski, founder of Tucows", "I really like Tarma. I myself have used many different types of installation builders, including PWD, Inno, Microsoft Visual Studio Installer and InstallShield. This is by far the most powerful and well laid out installation builder that I have seen. -- Aaron Weiner, for Shareware Promotions", "Again I thank you for your professionalism, especially in light of my apparent ignorance concerning license key management utilities. I would not hesitate to recommend your firm, your staff or your products to my associates. -- David McNab, President FlowTracker Analytics Inc.", "I am simply delighted with the courtesy, thoughtfulness, generosity and above all the helpfulness of your timely response to my support issue. Your solution recommendation exceeded my expectations and that is a rare event indeed. -- David McNab, President FlowTracker Analytics Inc.", "Easy to customize everything. User interface intuitive enough that I quickly guessed my way through most of what I needed, only had to dig into the help for a small part. I especially like the flexibility and simplicity of the UI customization. -- Pieter Branderhorst, Amthor Technologies Inc.", "I also very much like the ability to produce both compact and fast .exe installers and .msi installers with the same tool. That allows me to use .exe for now and know that if/when I need to produce .msi's for corporate users I'll have a tool for it. -- Pieter Branderhorst, Amthor Technologies Inc.", "I decide to purchase it after evaluating and using most of the well-known commercial products that provide for creating .msi installers. I found ExpertInstall to be refreshingly different, and I have to congratulate you on producing such a superb product at a very competitive price. The well-designed UI and excellent context help promotes that rapid creation of msi installers. It would be difficult to improve upon this and this ease of use and clear interface is one of ExpertInstall's major advantages over its competitors. -- Steve Hitchen, Avocosecure", "While my install requirements are rather simple with a few files to install, I wanted visual customizations to the installer to give it a 2009 look & feel. Tarma delivered what I needed at a great price. The trial version let me confirm it would do what I wanted, and the tech support was first rate even on pre-purchase. I've also used the web updater component included with Tarma which was not available on the competitive products I looked at. It allows my customers to get updates from within my product. Very cool! -- Frank van Gilluwe, FAQware", "Being primarily a Web Developer creating this sort of application is outside of my usual remit, but your program made creating the final product a breeze. I would highly recommend QuickInstall to any one wishing to create an install package easily and quickly. -- Neil Polglase, SiteDesignz", "We are a small operation and my primary task is developing the Access application, not install packages. We first purchased SageKey which has a template for creating an msi installer for Access databases but I found it very unfriendly for any serious customization. I was so dissatisfied that I went back and searched again. I found Tarma with high recommendations (may have been tucows and cnet downloads?) and gave the trial version a shot. I liked the interface and the documentation plus the price so we bought it. Since then I have used the customer support two or three times and been very pleased with the speed and content of the response. -- Paula Galloway, National Park Service/Colorado State University.", "Tarma Quick installer was only one installer which resolved my problem and correctly installed all libraries on Vista. I've downloaded about 15 installers from Download.com (free and about $50-100) e.g. Austrum IW, Actual installer, Smart installer, Installer2Go, Nullsoft, Install Us etc.) and spent about 2-3 days trying to install my program on Vista. Finally only Tarma worked for me, special thanks to program information messages and warnings, they helped to fix the problem. So thank you very much for professional product. -- Dmitry Volkov, ESMI Studio", "As a developer myself, Tarma looks like it was written by someone who had the ability to polish the edges, so to speak. It looks like it was written by the same guy, or by a team that were very much on the same page of how things should flow. So many apps these days are clearly maintained by people that don't understand the overall architecture, so things don't 'look and feel' the same everywhere. I'm pretty picky and Tarma makes even me happy. -- Mike Welch, Sr. Systems Engineer, HP iPAQ Support Engineering", "Efficiency. (a) Build time, even with added diags, puts InstallShield to shame. (b) I don't have to spend 20+ minutes digging through layers of UI just to find a single data field I'm looking for. (c) Final product is an EXE that doesn't have MSI dependencies, so no concerns about missing external libraries. (d) Installer engine doesn't bloat my distribution package .. InstallShield has about 4MB overhead if you're playing it safe and including MSI runtime bits. -- Mike Welch, Sr. Systems Engineer, HP iPAQ Support Engineering", "Technical support turnaround has consistently been under 24 hours even though the Tarma team is half a globe away. The other guys took days and tried to charge for it. -- Mike Welch, Sr. Systems Engineer, HP iPAQ Support Engineering", "My company relies on Tarma for some very complex packaging needs, and so we have relied on Tarma’s excellent technical support many times. 99% of the time, any bugfixes we suggest are done by the next day, and any problems on our end are addressed same-day. Many times we have received not only the answer to our question, but other helpful suggestions on how to do what we need. Of course it helps that Tarma is easy to use, endlessly configurable, rock-solid, and inexpensive…. -- Ben Clark, Emulex", "I am very pleased with your product, and your exceptional technical support! I have posed a number of questions to technical support, and each time I have received an accurate and timely answer, which is quite unusual these days. -- Charles R. Welford M.D., President, Welford Medical Computing Inc.", "I initially searched for installation products using Wikipedia and Google. I located approximately 11 products. I wrote an e-mail to each one asking if they supported the Borland Database Engine. Your product was the only one which does it automatically. This feature alone almost immediately sold me on your product. -- Charles R. Welford M.D., President, Welford Medical Computing Inc.", "Your program clearly stands out in its flexibility and power. Many of the other programs I looked at did not come close to allowing me to change things as much as you do. Your price, also, is very reasonable. Your help files are exceptionally detailed and I appreciate that they are context-sensitive. Many of your competitors do not offer anywhere near the level of help that your files provide. -- Charles R. Welford M.D., President, Welford Medical Computing Inc.", "We have been using [competitor product] for about 2 years. They have a number of bugs in their product, and a number of things that just drove me nuts. I had asked my customers what they use and several commented on Tarma how much they liked it. So I would say that the word of mouth from existing users was what drove me to look at Tarma in the first place. -- Jason Short, PhD, President, VistaDB Software, Inc.", "A couple of key features for me were the ability to create multiple versions of our installer from a single project and then target them at build time. [competitor product] has terrible support for this and it always drove me crazy to support 3 versions of our app with 3 setup apps. This is something that quite a few installers get horribly wrong and within minutes of installing Tarma I was pleased with the targeting ability of almost every action in the system. -- Jason Short, PhD, President, VistaDB Software, Inc.", "I have to say that I’m loving the product. I evaluated it for about an hour before deciding to buy it...it really is a “no-brainer” decision to have Tarma as part of my toolkit. -- Sean Kearon, Atlantic Business Systems", "It was mentioned in a blog post by Jason Short of VistaDB. As VistaDB is firmly in the Dotnet space, I knew that Tarma would fit very well with my product – a desktop Dotnet application. The other factor is your price point – you are very competitive compared with other products out there and I am very happy to pay this to avoid the XML-hell of WIX!. -- Sean Kearon, Atlantic Business Systems", "Tarma is a fully featured professional installer product for a price point that none of your competitors come even close to! -- Sean Kearon, Atlantic Business Systems", "I absolutely love the automatic and seamless support for fully isolated single user installs. This feature is important to my product and the way Tarma “just does it” is absolutely brilliant! -- Sean Kearon, Atlantic Business Systems", ]; var idTimer = 0; var oldCounter = -1; function refresh_slogan() { var counter = Math.floor(Math.random() * quotes.length); if (counter == oldCounter) counter++; if (counter >= quotes.length) counter = 0; oldCounter = counter; document.getElementById("slogan").firstChild.nodeValue = quotes[counter]; } function start_slogan() { idTimer = window.setInterval("refresh_slogan()", 20000); refresh_slogan(); }