Interscope launches InstallMaster 1.1 Lite

Baia Mare, Romania - August 10, 1998 - Interscope is updating its visual setup generation tool, Interscope InstallMaster with several minor enhancements and bug fixes. InstallMaster is a tool that developers can use to generate professional-looking installs and to mach and exceed the requirements for "Designed for Microsoft Windows" logo.

Currently, only the Lite version is comercially available, but we are working to bring the next two editions (Standard and Professional) to life, so that software developers and power users may have their full line of software distribution tools at hand.

We attempted to create a tool that can be used both by professional developers and power users to package and distribute any kind of information electronically, focusing on software. No learning of proprietary script language, manual script or.inf file editing is necessary. Users can simply fire up InstallMaster, create a new setup project, add their files in it, toggle the settings that control what features they want in their setup and how it should operate, and then InstallMaster will build a setup kit for their applications in a snap. Yes, it is that easy!

InstallMaster provides the fastest and most user-friendly way to develop a Windows 9x/NT logo-compliant installation. It automatically identifies and handles self-registering files, shared files, and core components. InstallMaster also generates the required registry entries, such as App Paths and uninstallation, without any intervention from the developer. It creates Start Menu entries for your application, and features an unmatched executable file dependency checking, so you do not omit any files from your setup kit that your application relies on. It can package your setup kit (featuring strong encryption) for distribution on many media types, even as a single-file self-extracting executable, suitable for Internet distribution. For a complete set of features, please visit the Interscope InstallMaster site.

Besides the large array of features, InstallMaster is very easy to use, due to the revolutionary point-and-click interface and the built-in exhaustive context sensitive help, as well as the latest UI features found in all leading software packages. These include object oriented design, clipboard and drag-and-drop support, right-click activated context sensitive menus everywhere and last but not least the friendly Step-by-Step Setup Project Wizard that lets you answer a few basic questions and have a professional setup in only a few minutes.

The areas which were updated and enchanced/corrected include:

• Added several new warnings and error messages.
• Fixed several user interface glitches.
• More reliable uninstall because if the setup cannot remove files during uninstall, it will queue them for removal on the first reboot.
• Better handling of uninstall jobs that must continue after a system reboot.
• Better handling of labels used in the Add/Remove Programs applet in Control Panel.
• Better handling of shared files.
• Fixed security issues that only appeared on Windows NT.
• Updated the core part list, necessary to stay in sync with the enhancements Microsoft is making to their operating systems.
• Updated the InstallMaster User's Guide.

For a complete list of changes, please see the file Version.txt in the InstallMaster install directory.

Licensing

Interscope InstallMaster is a shareware product. We encourage you to download an evaluation version, with no limitations, use it for a 30-day period and see if it suits your needs. After the trial period has expire, the program will stop working. Also, please make sure you do not distribute any of the setup kits you generated with a trial version of Interscope InstallMaster as retail products, because these will expire on the same date as your trial period.

The license fee for Interscope InstallMaster Lite is USD 99 for a single copy, or USD 1,500 for a site license. For more information, please visit the Interscope InstallMaster site.

System requirements

Interscope InstallMaster Lite is targeted to build small setup programs for your application or components developed for the Intel Win32 platforms. Thus, the minimum system requirements for Interscope InstallMaster are:

• 486 or later processor
• Windows 95 (DCOM), Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 or later
• 8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended)
• 5 MB hard disk space
• VGA monitor
• Mouse or compatible pointing device

Technical support

Interscope offers support for registered users of Interscope InstallMaster through e-mail or IRC (Internet Relay Chat). Should you meet any problems such as:

• You fail to install InstallMaster or to register your copy
• You do not know how to carry out miscellaneous setup tasks
• You keep getting error/warning messages when trying to build your setup kits
• You found a bug

or if you simply want to discuss setup-related issues write to InstallMaster@interscope.ro, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. You can even send us feature requests, so we can improve the product and make it work the way you want it to. We also have an Undernet IRC channel (#Interscope), where you can discuss online about Interscope and Interscope's products. We appreciate your help and feedback.

Interscope Ltd.

Interscope was founded in November, 1996, as the software division of the Telemach Group of Companies which is mainly involved in the CATV business.

We are committed to develop high quality software applications intended for use on the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and DOS platforms. We provide multilingual software products which help people access, protect and distribute electronic information in environments ranging from home desktops to corporate and Internet-wide use.