Caphyon LLC is pleased to announce the release of Advanced Installer For Java 4.5, a Windows Installer authoring tool with built-in support for Java applications, integrating them fully into the Windows OS and making them look and feel just like a native application. Advanced Installer for Java runs on Windows 2000/XP, and the install packages it creates run on all Microsoft Windows 9x/ME/NT/2k/XP operating systems. Starting from the version 3.3, building native Mac OS X packages is also supported.

Using the standard Windows Installer technology, Advanced Installer For Java is able to provide the best Windows integration for your Java applications. It ensures the smallest possible footprint by producing zero-overhead install packages which contain only native Windows Installer data with no additional runtime requirements.

Advanced Installer also provides a native launcher for your Java applications. Through this launcher your users will see and use your Java programs just like regular Windows native executables. The native launcher provides a fast and friendly start up process for your Java applications.

Advanced Installer For Java is built on standard, open formats. The project files are saved as XML files for easy integration with source control systems. Advanced Installer is FREE for the simplest, most common usages. It also offers three additional licensing levels for more sophysticated needs: Professional, For Java and Enterprise.



What's new in Advanced Installer for Java 4.5
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This new version offers Windows Vista compatibility and support, support for database server configuration and SQL script deployment, Windows Task Scheduler, and the ability to pack features in separate CAB files for on-demand web installs. Also new is the usage of the Universal Binary on Mac with support for Intel CPUs, a testing tool for Windows Installer searches, a custom edit control for visually editing MSI Formatted fields and many more.

- Microsoft Windows Vista compatibility and support
- Universal Binary on Mac with support for Intel CPUs
- Database server configuration and SQL script deployment for Microsoft, Oracle, Postgre and MySQL databases
- Schedule Tasks when installing your application
- Ability to pack features in independent CAB files for minimizing download time for online installs
- Testing tool for Windows Installer searches
- Large file number support (over 32767 files)
- LZMA compression option for prerequisites
- LZMA compression multi-core optimization
- Reserving extra space for install costing
- Moving, copying or duplicating files during install
- Smart edit controls for MSI Formatted fields offering reference auto-completion, highlight, error underlines and resolved value hints

The application can be downloaded from:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/download.html

More details about the application can be found at:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/java.html