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FEATURE:

Java Support

     

Complete Java Support (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, Microsoft, Apple, others)

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Platform Support

     

Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, Me

Yes

Yes

Yes

Solaris SPARC 2.5, 2.6, 7, 8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linux Intel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mac OS

Yes

Yes

Yes

HP-UX 10.x, 11.x

Yes

Yes

Yes

AIX 4.x

Yes

Yes

Yes

IRIX, BSD, Tru64, Other Unix flavors

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Compression

     

Standard Zip (gzip) Compression

Yes

Yes

SpeedFolders Advanced Compression

Yes

Yes

No

       

Archive Format

     

Self-Extracting Executables

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Running from Specific Java VMs

     

Installers can run from system installed VM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Installers can run from specific bundled VM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically install Java VM at install time

Yes

Yes

Yes

Applications can run from privately installed VM

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Java Application Launcher Options

     

Graphical/Windows Mode Options

Yes

Yes

Yes

Command Line Mode Option

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom Icons

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set any Java runtime supported option

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pass double-clicked documents to main class

Yes

Yes

Yes

Specify specific Java VM to run from

Yes

Yes

Yes

Control JIT and Hotspot options

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically find new Java VMs if it moves or changes

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Installer Options

     

Choose installer name

Yes

Yes

Yes

Choose titles on all Wizard panels

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom splash screen

Yes

Yes

No

Custom Java VM installation location

Yes

Yes

No

Custom Install Sets/Features

Yes

Yes

No

Custom Bundles/Components

Yes

Yes

No

Magic Folders

Yes

Yes

LIMITED

Developer Defined Magic Folders

Yes

No

No

  Set UNIX Default Permissions

Yes

Yes

Yes

License Agreement Support HTML or Text

Yes

Yes

No

ReadMe Supports HTML or Text

Yes

Yes

Yes

License and ReadMe automatically wrap test

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

InstallAnywhere Variables

     

Control most aspects of installer

Yes

Yes

No

Variables can be substituted for virtually any text item

Yes

Yes

No

       

Uninstaller Support

     

Runs from Native Launcher

Yes

Yes

Yes

Runs from Windows Add/Remove Control Panel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Uninstalls Windows Registry Entries

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Authoring Environment

     

Advanced Development Environment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Six-Step Project Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Creates first Installer in under 5 minutes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically find Java Main Classes

Yes

Yes

Automatically set Classpath

Yes

Yes

Yes

View Classpath in Platform Independent way

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add files from multiple locations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Build from Command Line

Yes

Yes

No

Cut and Paste Actions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Open Recent Projects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Number of recent projects

10

10

10

Save a copy as

Yes

Yes

Yes

Online Help System

Yes

Yes

Yes

Build installers with and without Java VMs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Try Installer

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Web Install Support

     

Install Directly from the Web

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Built-In Actions without Programming

   

Set Win32 Registry with static data

Yes

Yes

No

Set Win32 Registry with dynamic data

Yes

Yes

No

Get Win32 Registry data

Yes

No

No

Execute an installed file

Yes

Yes

No

Execute any native command or executable

Yes

Yes

No

Password protection for installer

Yes

No

No

Multiple passwords that activate install features

Yes

No

No

Serial number generation/verification

Yes

No

No

Optionally set UNIX file permissions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add comment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create launcher

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create multiple launchers

Yes

Yes

No

Create shortcut, alias, link

Yes

Yes

Yes

Execute command

Yes

Yes

No

Create folder

Yes

Yes

Yes

Expand Zip or Jar archive

Yes

Yes

Yes

Expand Stuffit archive

Yes

Yes

Yes

Decode MacBinary

Yes

Yes

Yes

Output console message

Yes

Yes

No

Output debug information

Yes

Yes

No

Install SpeedFolder

Yes

Yes

No

Set InstallAnywhere variables

Yes

Yes

No

Set System Environment variables

Yes

No

No

Open web page in default browser

Yes

Yes

No

       

Built-in Wizard Panels Without Programming

   

Introduction

Yes

Yes

Yes

License

Yes

Yes

No

Important information

Yes

Yes

Yes

Choose Install Folder

Yes

Yes

Yes

Choose Shortcut Folder

Yes

Yes

Yes

Choose Install Sets

Yes

Yes

No

Choose bundles

Yes

Yes

No

Install Progress

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unlimited Billboards

Yes

Yes

No

Choose Java VM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Install Complete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Choose File

Yes

No

No

Choose Folder

Yes

No

No

Display Message

Yes

No

No

Serial Number

Yes

No

No

Show Password Entry Panel

Yes

No

No

Find File

Yes

No

No

Find Folder

Yes

No

No

Custom User Interface Panel without Programming

Yes

No

No

       

Custom Code

     

Custom Actions using Java, JavaBeans

Yes

Yes

No

Custom Panels using Java, JavaBeans

Yes

No

No

Custom Code using C, C++, JNI

Yes

Yes

No

Sample Projects Included

Yes

Yes

No

       

Rules

     

Check Platform

Yes

Yes

Yes

Check User-Selected Language/Locale

Yes

Yes

No

Check if File/Folder Exists

Yes

Yes

No

Check InstallAnywhere variables

Yes

Yes

No

       

Project Source Files Updating

     

Dynamically collect updated source files and folders

Yes

Yes

No

       

Native Installer Features

     

Can sub-install Windows msi packages

Yes

Yes

No

Can sub-install Solaris SVR4 packages

Yes

Yes

No

Can install Linux rpm packages

Yes

Yes

No

       

Additional Resource Files

     

Include any arbitrary files, DLLs, docs in installer archive

Yes

Yes

Yes

       

Internationalization

     

Locales Supported

29

9

English Only

       

License Cost Per Developer

2,300 €

1,157 €

FREE


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InstallAnywhere Enterprise 3.5
InstallShield Java 3.5

FEATURE:

   

Java Support

   

Java 2 support (1.2 & 1.3)

All platforms

Windows only

     

Java Vendor Support

   

Sun

Yes

Yes

Microsoft

Yes

Yes

IBM

Yes

Yes

Inprise

Yes

Yes

Apple

Yes

No

     

Installer Performance

   

Installer Size with 5400 files (10 Mbytes)

12.2 Mbytes

19.4 Mbytes

Speed to install 5400 files (10 Mbytes)

3.5 minutes

6.7 minutes

     

Build Performance

   

Speed

7.5 minutes

60 minutes

     

Platform Support

   

Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000

Yes

Yes

Windows Millenium Edition

Yes

No

Solaris SPARC 2.5, 2.6

Yes

No

Solaris SPARC 7, 8

Yes

Yes

Solaris Intel

Yes

No

Linux Intel RedHat

Yes

Yes

Linux Intel Caldera, SuSE, Corel, Mandrake, others

Yes

No

Linux PPC

Yes

No

Mac OS 8.1, 8.5, 8.6, 9

Yes

No

Mac OS X Server

Yes

No

HP-UX 10.x, 11.x

Yes

No

AIX 4.x

Yes

No

BSD (FreeBSD, others)

Yes

No

IRIX

Yes

No

True64 (DG-UX, OSF)

Yes

No

other Unix

Yes

No

Pure Java (for other platforms)

Yes

No

     

Running from Specific Java VMs

   

Automatically Install Java VM

Yes

Yes

Installers can run from system installed VM

Yes

Yes

Install Java VM privately for your application

Yes

No

     

Java Application Launcher Options

   

Pass double-clicked documents to main class

Yes

No

Automatically find new Java VM's if it moves or changes

Yes

No

     

InstallAnywhere Variables

   

Control most aspects of installer

Yes

No

Variables can be substituted for virtually any text item

Yes

No

     

Authoring Environment

   

Advanced Development Environment

Yes

Yes

Six Step Project Wizard

Yes

No

Automatically Find Main Classes

Yes

No

Automatically Set Classpath

Yes

No

Build from Command line

Yes

Yes

     

Web Install Support

   

Min Netscape version

1.0

4.04

Min Microsoft Internet Explorer version

2.0

3.02

Adapts features to available browser features

Yes

No

Uses Java

Yes

Yes

Can use JavaScript

Yes

No

Can use pure HTML

Yes

No

     

Built-In Actions without Programming

   

Set Win32 Registry with static data

Yes

Yes

Set Win32 Registry with dynamic data

Yes

No

Get Win32 Registry data

Yes

No

Execute an installed file

Yes

No

Execute any native command or executable

Yes

No

Password protection for installer

Yes

Yes

Multiple passwords that activate install features

Yes

No

Serial number generation/verification

Yes

No

     

Custom Code

   

Custom Actions using Java, JavaBeans

Yes

Yes

Custom Panels using Java, JavaBeans

Yes

Yes

Custom Code using C, C++, JNI

Yes

Yes

     

Project Source Files Updating

   

Dynamically collect updated source files and folders

Yes

Yes

     

Native Installer Features

   

Can install Microsoft Windows Installer packages

Yes

No

Can install Solaris packages

Yes

Yes

Can install Linux RPMs

Yes

Yes

Set Unix file permissions

No

     

Custom User Install Options

   

Viewable Install Sets/Setup Types

6

3

     

Additional Resource Files

   

Include any arbitrary files, DLLs, docs in installer archive

Yes

No

     

Internationalization

   

Locales Supported

29

6