Install Aware X2 is available in a free edition for all Visual Studio users and paid editions with prices starting at $329.
Install Aware has been named a "Leader of the Software Development Industry" by SD Times two years in a row (20). I ran the BD Advisor tool and it said that it failed because of Video Connection Type: Analog. (Code 0121) Run the BD Advisor tool for more information. Install Aware Software, founded in 2003, is the leading Cloud Infrastructure Company with its laser sharp focus on state-of-the-art software installations and bullet-proof enterprise deployments. Ensure your display device uses a DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort connector. The setup projects used in the tests above are available for immediate download at Free downloads are available for all three solutions, and developers are strongly encouraged to experiment with their own apps and report their findings to InstallAware Software Software installation developers are encouraged to reproduce and validate these results on their own development systems. InstallShield 2014 was the fastest to self-extract and the fastest to build among the three. WiX 3.9 produced the largest setup of the three, and InstallShield 2014 was the slowest to install among the three. Since WiX 3.9 could not successfully build a setup, and since InstallShield 2014 could only build a setup that couldn't actually run on Windows, the initial approach had to be modified to enable a comparison.Ĭommentary: Install Aware X2 was the slowest to build and self-extract, but installation was an order of magnitude faster after self-extraction, and the produced setup was the smallest of the three. The output size of the InstallShield 2014 IDE while building an InstallScript based setup file was in excess of 4GB, which cannot be run under Windows due to Windows's own technical limitations. The InstallShield 2014 IDE crashed while building a Windows Installer based setup file. The Heat tool in the WiX 3.9 toolkit crashed while collecting file data from the Plug-Ins subfolder, and didn't crash but displayed warnings and exceptions while collecting file data from the Runtimes subfolder (possibly due to extra-long file paths which are unrecognized by WiX). Install Aware X2 was able to build a Native Engine setup that could install this complete folder.
Initial Approach: The Install Aware X2 Program Files folder, containing 15,985 files, 2,860 folders, and 14.7 GB of data, was to be installed using WiX 3.9, Install Aware X2, and InstallShield 2014 - from a single, self-extracting executable suitable for online distribution. SAN FRANCISCO, CA -(Marketwired - December 15, 2014) - A new benchmark analyzed the compression efficiency and installation speeds of one open source and two leading commercial installation platforms, finding that the commercial Install Aware platform outperformed both the commercial InstallShield platform and the open source WiX platform on both speed and size.