Chapter 3. The InstallAnywhere Developer Experience

Installanywhere has two authoring modes: The Project Wizard makes the process easier, but also makes choices for developers, while the advanced designer gives developers greater control of an installer project.

InstallAnywhere launches to the first frame of the Project Wizard unless the default preference has been changed in Edit | Preferences. To access an existing InstallAnywhere project, open the file, then select Advanced Designer, rather than selecting Next to continue on through the wizard.

The general process for developing an InstallAnywhere project is

  1. Creating new projects

  2. Setting Info

  3. Pre-install actions

  4. Files tasks

  5. Post-install ...

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