Tarma Installer creates fast, compact, and full-featured Windows-compliant software installers for Microsoft Windows platforms, with a small distribution size, a straightforward and clean user interface, and smart install and uninstall behavior.

Tarma Installer requires no scripting; includes an intuitive and comprehensive development environment with extensive preflight checking to suit novices and experts alike.

Here are some key features of "Tarma Installer":

· Microsoft Windows-compliant software installation and removal;
· Straightforward user interface, requiring minimal user interaction for both installation and removal;
· Optional Readme and License Agreement pages;
· Optional Customer Registration page;
· Customizable Setup graphics and icon;
· Target system requirements checks – make sure that the requirements for your application are met before installation;
· Customer-selectable installation folder with sensible defaults;
· Creation of application shortcuts on the Windows Desktop, Start menu, and/or Programs folder;
· Creation of an application folder with additional shortcuts under the Programs folder of the Windows Start menu;
· Installation of new or modified files, including the creation of all required folders;
· Built-in support for the registration of DLL ActiveX controls, device drivers, services, type libraries, fonts, and REGEDIT4 files — no need for separate regsvr32.exe, regini.exe, or other registration utilities;
· Delayed installation of (system) files that are in use during the installation process;
· Post-boot registration of DLLs, ActiveX controls, type libraries, etc. if necessitated by delayed installation of new files;
· Optional App Paths registration for your application;
· Full registry editing, INI file installation and modifications, and environment variable installation and removal;
· Ability to run arbitrary external programs at any time during installation or removal, including self-contained third-party software installation packages with full control over system restarts;
· Platform-dependent installation of files, registry settings, INI file keys, environment variables, and external actions to allow different installation configurations for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, and XP;
· One-click uninstall functionality that completely removes all installed components: files, folders, shortcuts, registry entries, INI file changes, environment variables, and the uninstaller itself.
· Smart uninstall of shared files — will correctly and without customer intervention remove or retain shared (system) files, even if their SharedDlls reference counts are unreliable;
· Multilingual support, both as a single multilingual installer and as per-language installers;
· Silent installation mode for unattended software installation or removal;
· Optional uninstallation of previous application version during upgrades;
· Seamlessly extensible through the use of Extension DLLs;
· Built-in decompression of distribution packages;
· Small distribution size: a single executable of 50-65 KB incorporates all installation, registration, and removal functionality.
· Task-oriented environment with familiar and convenient user interface elements, combining the guidance of a wizard-like approach with immediate access to any part of your installation project;
· Quick and easy addition of installation files – just drag & drop and Tarma Installer will create the entire installation tree;
· Smart defaults and diagnostics based on file analysis – never again overlook COM server registration, distribute files with debug info still attached, or with missing VERSIONINFO;
· More than 190 preflight checks to improve the quality of your Setup package and reduce the number of potential problems;
· Project variables allow you to define information once, refer to it many times, and be confident that any changes are propagated automatically;
· In-place editing of Readme and License Agreement text, with previews at the window size used during installation;
· Digital signatures – automatically sign the Setup package after a successful build;
· Batch mode operation to perform unattended builds;
· Extensive logging of the build process, including all installation files, to create an audit trail of your distributions;
· Built-in distribution file compression.


Limitations:

· Distributing Tarma Installer packages requires registration and payment of a license fee. After we have received your payment, we will send you a license code that allows you to use the Tarma Installer software and distribute Setup packages created with it, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the License Agreement.


What's New in This Release:

· Visual Basic project import with dependencies scan;
· Password protection, web resources, custom graphics, upgrade support, project variables; usability improvements;
· Multilingual support; silent installs;
· many others