Installer VISE 8.5 review

Installer VISE is quite simply the best software installer for the Macintosh, period! With Installer VISE you can easily build an installer that will reliably deliver your product to your customers.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 22965K Developer: MindVision Software Buy Now Price: $500.00 Updated: 23 Sep 2005

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Installer VISE is quite simply the best software installer for the Macintosh, period! With Installer VISE you can easily build an installer that will reliably deliver your product to your customers. You can focus your energy on developing your software without worrying about the complicated details of writing an installer script.

When you need to modify, add, delete, or update files in your software distribution you will really appreciate the point and click and drag and drop simplicity of Installer VISE. In short, Installer VISE is the kind of Mac program that makes people select Macintosh in the first place.

Here are some key features of "Installer VISE":
Locate and modify application bundles
Add items to the Mac OS X Doc
Carbon Builder
Package Gestalts
Easy conversion to Carbon installers
Assign External Code Resources
One installer for System 7.1—Mac OS X v 10.3
Assign file and folder options
Create Mac OS X application bundles
Enhanced Applescript support
Support for billboards
Behind-the-scenes installs
Add a splash screen
Set permissions for install items
Assign a ReadMe File Option
Execute UNIX shell scripts from the installer
Display Text Option for Easy Install
Edit text files
Built-in special localization tools
Uses Mac OS X install locations
Dynamic localization for several languages
Authenticate user's access privileges
Support for Mac OS X large icons
Run custom code according to the OS
High performance compression engine
Simple graphical user interface
"Drag and Drop" supported
Custom or generic icons supported
Extended Add Dialog box
Movable Model dialogs
License Agreement Mode option
Assign minimum requirements for installation
Various archive shortcuts
Numerous install locations pre-defined
Archive preference options
Assign locations for System Folder items
Conditional Install options
Built-in "Remove"
Multiple advanced settings
Install multi-file updaters (patches) and files
User assigned installer options
Built-in action items
Auto-incrementing of segment names (in addition to disk names)
Both the Archive and Installer recognize all Fat binary files
Powerful CD-ROM support
Automatic verifying and updating of archives
Floppy updates for CD-ROM
Resource merging from one file to another
Customizable package options
List package option
Hierarchy package option
"Fuzzy Replace" in updating archives
Sub-package option
Debug installer window
Powerful reporting capabilities
Easy maintenance
AppleEvents supported
Flexible online documentation
Included language files:
Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (Traditional).

What's New:
Install locations and Gestalts updated for Tiger
All Installer VISE 8.4 hotfixes (versions 8.4a-8.4m)
And other enhancements...