December 2006 issues of AdminLetter & DevLetter, newsletters from Macrovision are now published. Both try to uncover tips & tricks, knowledge base resources etc for authoring Windows Installer Packages for upcoming Windows Vista Operating System. Macrovision also released AdminStudio 8.0 recently which comes with InstallShield 12 as the IDE Editor for the suite.

DevLetter

This month's Hot Topics:

• InstallShield 12 Supports Windows Vista—Validation Suite, UAC Support, and Much More
• 7 Reasons Why your Installations May Fail on Windows Vista (and How You Can Fix Them)
• Hurry! Buy Now: InstallShield, InstallAnywhere Prices Up 10% – 40% in 2007
• Tip: Author a Custom ICE using InstallShield 12
• New! Microsoft Webcast: Integrated Team Development with Visual Studio Team System
• New! Boeing-Macrovision Webcast: Multiplatform Software Installations with InstallAnywhere  

New KB Articles published:

Windows Installer

• Q112221 PRB: Installed Application Crashes When Using CreateObject from Reg-Free COM Wizard
• Q112247 BUG: Language Selection Dialog Appears in Small and Minor Updates
• Q112248 HOWTO: Unzipping a File during Installation
• Q112454 HOWTO: Log the Opening of the InstallShield IDE
• Q112494 HOWTO: Configure Multiple IIS Host Header Names for a Web Site
• Q112516 HOWTO: Including the MSI Engine via Automation Interface
• Q112521 HOWTO: Steps to Enable Integration With Visual Studio .NET Manually

InstallScript

• Q112339 BUG: Using SHELL_OBJECT_FOLDER in Shortcut Folder Display Name installs Literal Folder Name
• Q112381 BUG: XML File Changes View Changes Encoding to UTF-16
• Q112424 HOTFIX: 6118 Build Error Occurs
• Q112500 HOTFIX: Delay or Abort running InstallScript Custom Actions on Vista
• Q112546 HOWTO: Verbosely Log a Command-Line Build

InstallAnywhere

• Q112428 BUG: NullPointerException When Building HPUX CD-ROM distribution
• Q112410 PRB: After Migrating From ISMP 5.x Text Field Background Color is The Same as Panel's Background Color

AdminLetter

This month's hot Topics:

• New AdminStudio 8 and Workflow Manager 4 support packaging for Windows Vista and simplify ITIL implementations
• Buy AdminStudio 8 before December 31 to save on low 2006 prices
• Tip: Specifying the required execution level for your setup launcher on Windows Vista
• Tip: Specifying whether Windows Installer installations should be logged
• What does the future of software pricing and licensing hold? Get the 2006 Software Pricing and Licensing Survey

New KB articles published:

AdminStudio/Workflow Manager

• Q112546 - HOWTO: Verbosely Log a Command-Line Build
• Q112521 - HOWTO: Steps to Enable Integration With Visual Studio .NET Manually
• Q112508 - PRB: Cannot Add Font Using Component Wizard
• Q112454 - HOWTO: Log the Opening of the InstallShield IDE
• Q112385 - PRB: Install Hangs when Calling MsiSet/GetFeatureState from InstallScript Custom Action from DoAction Event

Visit the NewsLetter: DevLetter, December 2006
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