User Guide

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Product Editions
Product Editions
Wise for Windows Installer is available in 3 editions, each designed to fulfill the needs of
a particular type of user. The edition you purchase determines what features are
available to you.
! Enterprise Edition is a Windows Installer® and .NET installation authoring tool
supporting organizations that develop multiple applications that share common
resources. It helps professional developers create installations that adhere to their
organization’s standards, thereby decreasing the risk of deployment errors.
! Professional Edition is a Windows Installer® and .NET installation authoring tool for
professional software developers who want to create installations for the next
generation of applications, including desktop, server, Web, and mobile devices.
! Standard Edition is a Windows Installer® and .NET installation authoring tool for
professional software developers who want basic but robust support for creating
Windows Installer® and .NET installations.
The following table, which does not include all features, summarizes the differences
between each edition. If a feature is not listed, it is included in all product editions. For a
more comprehensive list of features, visit the Products section of the Wise Solutions
Web site (www.wise.com). For new features and enhancements in the current release,
see the Release Notes, available from the Help menu. (In Visual Studio: select Help
menu > Wise Help.)
Feature Std Pro Ent
General
Specify the target platform for an installation X X
Create configurable merge modules XX
Macro Editor XX
OLE Automation XX
User-defined tasks X
Use merge modules from the Software Manager database X
Add meta data to the Software Manager database X
Enable the Logon Information dialog to configure server software after installation to run
under a particular user
XX
Enable the SQL Connection dialog to generate a valid connection string X X
Enable the Custom Property dialog to gather data from the end user during installation X X
ExpressBuild (distributed compiles) XX
Debugger for Windows Installer XX
Package Contents Reports X
WiseScript Express XXX
Wise Options
Repository options X
Sharing Installation Resources
Open an installation package from the Wise Software Repository X