tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post126067210003147945..comments2007-05-23T15:25:43.025-05:00Christopher Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-89478786160450228262007-05-23T15:25:00.000-05:002007-05-23T15:25:00.000-05:00I've actually been quite pleased with the direction quality has been going since the IS12 release. It's been nice to get unofficial hotfixes, and then 2 additional SP's to agree issues.<BR/><BR/>Waterflow methodologies are gone, agile is in. Frequent integration points and delivery to customers is much appreciated. I've been using IS2008 for several months now and had a chance to go up to Chicago for a few days and play with it and bang ideas around. It's been very productive.<BR/><BR/>As a side note I just upgraded my InstallShield Stand Alone build from IS12 to IS2008. I'm using Visual Studio TFS with Solution Integration. I updated my targets references in my ISPROJ files and kicked off a full salvo of builds. The projects all upgraded, build and deployed without any issues that I could find.<BR/><BR/>These install projects are n-Tier .NET apps... .NET 2.0 WinUI for the client, ASP.NET for WebServices and WebUI. They all do extensive IIS and XML locates, and updates aswell as call managed code custom actions and bootstrap various prereqs. Furthor more they support multiple instance installation so that a single server within a datacenter can run side by side websites to support multiple counties.<BR/><BR/>It's a pretty good real world test of the tool and frankly, it's looking pretty good.<BR/><BR/>The next challenge will be to see how well it behaves on Server 2008.Christopher Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-31912022629814355592007-05-23T14:24:00.000-05:002007-05-23T14:24:00.000-05:00In your experience, would you say that InstallShield 2008 is ready to go? Or does it still very much feel like a Beta? <BR/><BR/>I'm somewhat concerned when I see these releases coming out so quickly!IS_Usernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-72494024434677449422007-05-23T11:31:00.000-05:002007-05-23T11:31:00.000-05:00In the original article that's a subscript number to show a citation.Christopher Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-87855683396917298132007-05-23T11:28:00.000-05:002007-05-23T11:28:00.000-05:00"According to IDC, Windows Vista will be the fastest adopted version of Windows, with over 90 million copies of Windows Vista in place worldwide by the end of 20071."<BR/><BR/>20071, eh?...well if that isn't a typo, I'm inclined to agree with them. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com