InstallBuilder 6.2

InstallBuilder 6.2 is a really superior tool which is designed for building crossplatform installers for desktop and server software. The development tool allows you to quickly create easy to use, multiplatform installers that have a native look and feel across Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows from a single build environment. GUI, text, and unattended modes allow installers to be run in servers, workstations, and desktops.

InstallBuilder offers several advanced features, including RPM integration and quickbuild functionality. It also includes convenient built-in actions for commonly required installation functions, such as: autodetecting a Java(tm) Runtime, changing file permissions and ownership, substituting text in a file, adding environment variables, adding directories to the path, creating symbolic links, changing the Windows registry, and launching external scripts.

An easy to use GUI allows new users to quickly learn to use InstallBuilder. For advanced users, a friendly XML project format supports source control integration, collaborative development and customizing projects both by hand and using external scripts. A command line interface allows you to automate and integrate the building process.

Because BitRock installers are single file, self-contained, native executables, they do not require bundling a Java runtime or a self-extraction step. This reduces installer size and overhead while increasing the speed of installations.

Major Features:

1. Create Multiplatform Installers, Native Packages and DVDs
   • Multiplatform Support: InstallBuilder installers are native binaries that can run on Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris (Intel & Sparc), AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, and Linux (Intel x86/x64, Itanium, s390 & PPC).
   • RPM Integration: BitRock installers can register your software with the RPM package database, combining ease of use with the powerful RPM package management system.
   • Crossplatform Build Support : The installer builder tool can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IRIX, and Linux (Intel x86/x64, Itanium, s390, PPC) and generate installers for all target platforms from a single project file. Create all your installers from a single build environment!
2. Reduce Development Time
   • Easy to Use: InstallBuilder includes an easy to learn, easy to use GUI development environment. Design, build and test installers with the click of a button.
   • Time Saving Functionality: For advanced users, a friendly XML project format supports source control integration, collaborative development and customizing projects both by hand and using external scripts. A command line interface allows you to automate and integrate the building process. QuickBuild functionality allows you to update installers in a few seconds, without having to repack the entire application.
   • Built-in Actions: Built-in actions make it easy to implement commonly required installation functionality in a crossplatform manner. Add actions to your installer for autodetecting a Java® Runtime, changing file permissions and ownership, substituting text in a file, adding environment variables, adding directories to the path, creating symbolic links, changing the Windows registry, launching external scripts and so on in just a few clicks.
3. Keep Users Running the Latest Version of your Software
   • Auto-Update Functionality: InstallBuilder 6.0 includes an automatic update feature that enables you to deliver updates directly to your users. By providing regular updates to users, you'll keep them running your best available version, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and reduced support costs.
4. Produce Smaller, Faster Installers
   • Optimized: BitRock installers are optimized in size and speed and do not require a self-extraction step. This reduces download, startup and installation time. Built-in LZMA support provides great compression ratios to further reduce the size of installers.
   • No External Dependencies : BitRock multiplatform installers are single-file, self-contained, native executables with no external dependencies and minimal overhead. Unlike competing products, all BitRock installers are truly native code and do not require bundling a Java Runtime Environment.
5. Deploy in Any Environment
   • Multiple Installation Modes : BitRock installers provide: several GUI modes with native look-and-feel for installation in a variety of desktop environments, a text-based installation mode for console-based and remote installations, and a silent/unattended install mode which can be used for integration in shell scripts for automated deployment.
   • Language and Platform Independent : BitRock installers can install applications written in any language, including: Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, C/C++ and .NET/Mono.
6. Offer Native Integration on All Platforms
   • Desktop Integration: BitRock installers provide native look and feel and desktop integration for Windows, KDE and Gnome.
   • RPM and DEB generation: In addition to creating native executables that can register with the RPM subsystem, InstallBuilder can generate RPM and Debian packages that can be installed using native package management tools.
7. Provide a Reliable, Professional Installation Experience
   • Include Your Branding: Present a professional image by re-branding InstallBuilder with your own graphics and custom screens.
   • Advanced configuration options: Advanced Configuration Options: Ask the user for multiple inputs on one screen to streamline the installation process.
   • Rollback Functionality: By default, BitRock installers perform a backup of all the files overwritten during installation, so if an error occurs, the system can be automatically recovered to its previous state.
   • Uninstall Functionality: An uninstall program is created as part of every installation, allowing users to easily uninstall the software. As with the installer, it can be run in a variety of modes. On Windows, uninstall functionality can also be accessed from the Add/Remove Programs entry in the Control Panel.
   • Multiple Language Support : BitRock installers support a variety of installation languages, including English, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Valencian, Catalan, Estonian, Slovenian, Romanian, Hungarian, Russian and Welsh. You can specify a default language or let the user decide.
     
   • Support for Qt® GUI Frontend : The InstallBuilder for Qt family of products provides a new GUI installation mode using the Qt crossplatform toolkit, enhancing the end-user experience.

Enhancements:

• Added project property and --debugLevel flag to control the verbosity level in installation log file
• Added new
• Fixed stringTest ascii and digit types
• Added windows-xp, windows-2003,windows-2008 and windows-7 to rule
• Fixed uninstaller failing because of missing DLL in some scenarios
• Fixed 's not being used in the installationLog
• Added Hebrew and Greek language support
• Fixed Linux installers unable to launch from a directory containing non-ASCII characters
• Added osx_version and osx_major_version built-in variables
• Fixed choiceParameter combobox style not correctly working when using variables in its "value" and "default" tags

• Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 (PPC or Intel)
• 64Mb of free RAM
• Minimum of 640 x 480 screen resolution