InstallAnywhere 2013 Help Library

InstallAnywhere 2013

InstallAnywhere is a multiplatform installation development solution for application producers who need to deliver a professional and consistent installation experience for physical, virtual, and cloud environments. From a single project file and build environment, InstallAnywhere creates reliable installations for on-premises platforms—Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IBM iSeries—and enables you to deploy your products into cloud and virtual environments.

Information about using InstallAnywhere is presented in the following sections:

InstallAnywhere Help Library

Section

Description

What’s New in InstallAnywhere 2013

Informs you about changes that were introduced in InstallAnywhere 2013.

Using Help

Provides information about the InstallAnywhere documentation.

Getting Started

Describes the InstallAnywhere interface authoring environments and explains how to begin creating an installation project. Also explains differences between the InstallAnywhere editions.

Concepts of InstallAnywhere Installer Development

Introduces you to the basic and advanced concepts of InstallAnywhere installation development.

InstallAnywhere Tutorials

Provides guided exercises, using both the Project Wizard and Advanced Designer interfaces, to explore using InstallAnywhere.

Creating Basic Installers

Provides procedures and suggestions about common situations when using InstallAnywhere to build a basic installer.

Adding Advanced Functionality to Installers

Explains how to add more advanced procedures to an InstallAnywhere installer.

Reference

Contains comprehensive reference information for the InstallAnywhere user interface; available actions that define operations that an installation performs; parameters for the command-line tools that enable you to perform tasks such as building or running an installation; the Ant task for building installations; custom code APIs for automating development and testing of installations; and more.