SetupBuilder Roadmap 2006 [Update: 24-May-2006]

SetupBuilder development is strongly influenced by feedback from our
customers. This is the updated SetupBuilder Roadmap for 2006 (main
features in alphabetical order):

Q1 2006 - May 2006
- We have released ten maintenance releases in five month.

June 2006 (SetupBuilder 5.5)
- Event Logging Support.
- Folder Watch Support.
- Revamped IDE to increase productivity and make navigating the project
faster and much easier.
- Task Automation Explorer.

Q3 2006 (SetupBuilder 5.5x and SetupBuilder 6.0)
- Application Repair Support.
- Built-in support for the following runtime packages (Developer Edition):
* SQL Server 2005 Express redistribution
* .NET Framework 2.0 redistribution
* Visual C++ 2005 Runtime redistribution
* Windows Installer 3.1 (v2) redistribution
* Windows Installer 2.0 redistribution
* SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine redistribution
* Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 redistribution
* SqlXml 3.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) redistribution
* Visual J# 2.0 redistribution
* Crystal Reports Xi SP1
* More to come...
- Clarion 7 Support.
- IIS 6.0 Support (Developer Edition).
- Microsoft Windows Installer Merge Module (MSM) support (Developer
Edition).
- Remote Registry Access Support.
- Visual Dialog Editor Support (Developer Edition).

Q4 2006 (SetupBuilder 6.x and SetupBuilder 7 beta)
- COM+ Administration Support (Developer Edition).
- LAN Update Functionality (Developer Edition).
- Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and Sybase SQL Anywhere Support (Developer
Edition).
- Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) compiler (Developer Edition).
- User Account Management Support (Developer Edition).
- XML Support.

SetupBuilder 5 is a powerful and easy to use Installation Authoring and
Configuration Management environment for developers and organizations
deploying applications to the Microsoft Windows Platform, including Windows
x64 and Windows Vista.

http://www.lindersoft.com/sb5.htm

Our customer list includes Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, General Electric USA,
General Motors, Ford Corporation, FedEx Corp., Bank of America Corp.,
Boeing, PepsiCo, Time Inc., 3M, United States Army, US Coast Guard,
Sprint Corp., Honeywell, NASA, and many more.

Regards,

--
Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5

Hi Friederich,

Which means if I know how to read that Clarion 7 is due Q3 ..... ??

JP

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Thank you

Jean-Pierre GUTSATZ

Best Regards

Hi Friedrich,

Another suggestion for SetupBuilder :

Please provide an Auto-Path completion in your Intallation Path entry control.
Even though you can use the Change button and browse for the path, I always
find it easier and faster to enter the path. With Auto Completion it will be
even faster.

Regards

Jean-Pierre,

No it means that Lindersoft will have enough information from SV to be able
to create the C7 support for the installer. Who knows when it's going to be
really production ready. How many builds past gold will it take to get it
stable?

Regards,

Michael Gould

Michael,

I really hope the first will be the good one as I'm rather tired of beta
testing and at the same time waiting for 3rd party dll's updates and at the
same time porting from legacy to abc and at the same time trying to give a
decent look to the app and .....

But it's fun discovering the power and easiness of abc after legacy or maybe
6 after 5.5 ... or both - so 7 should be even more fun to SEE the actual
result !

It's a good thing anyway SV keeps some of their clients updated .... do I
have to be on the stock market to receive infos ? grin ....

Let's wait and see ....

JP

--

Thank you

Jean-Pierre GUTSATZ

Best Regards