New Features in InstallShield 2023 R1
For information about new features added in InstallShield 2023 R1, refer to the following sections:
| • | Windows Package Manager Package Support in a Suite/Advanced UI Project |
| • | Introduced App Updates Check for a Suite/Advanced UI Project |
| • | Visual Studio 2022 Integration in InstallShield 2023 R1 |
Windows Package Manager Package Support in a Suite/Advanced UI Project
InstallShield 2023 R1 introduces a new package type to Suite/Advanced UI projects: Windows Package Manager (WPM) Package. Windows Package Manager is a comprehensive package manager solution that consists of a command line tool and set of services for installing applications on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Use the Packages explorer of the Organization view to add a Windows Package Manager (WPM) package to a Suite/Advanced UI project.
The target system must have a Windows Package Manager (WPM) solution installed in order to install a Windows Package Manager (WPM) package. A Windows Package Manager (WPM) solution is installed by an App Installer MSIX bundle. InstallShield adds an App Installer MSIX bundle package as a dependency package when the Windows Package Manager (WPM) package is added to the Suite/Advanced UI project. If the App Installer is not available in the target machine, InstallShield installs the App Installer MSIX bundle package. Windows Package Manager is supported through App Installer starting on Windows 10 1809.
For more information, see:
| • | Adding a Windows Package Manager Package in a Suite/Advanced UI Project |
| • | Packages View |
Introduced App Updates Check for a Suite/Advanced UI Project
InstallShield 2023 R1 introduces a new feature named App Updates Check on the Updates tab of the Releases explorer on the Media view, where you configure settings for a Suite/Advanced UI setup launcher updates.
This new feature lets you configure additional settings before build for periodically checking and displaying available application update when an application is deployed on a target machine. In relation to the first update check, subsequent updates appear according to the interval defined in the Installation Development Environment (IDE).
For example, once additional settings of the App Updates Check feature are configured before build and, if any update is available for any application, a dialog box is displayed with version update information along with the following three buttons:
| • | Remind Later—Click on this button to display the dialog box again with the recent update information in the next interval. |
| • | Skip Update— Click on this button to prevent the dialog box with that specific update information appearing again. |
| • | Download—Click on this button to download the update. |
For more information, see Updates Tab for a Release.
Visual Studio 2022 Integration in InstallShield 2023 R1
InstallShield 2023 R1 introduces support for creating, editing and building InstallScript projects from Visual Studio 2022.