James first started this website when learning Visual Basic back in 1999 whilst studying his GCSEs. The site grew steadily over the years while being run as a hobby - to a regular monthly audience of over half a million unique developers. In July '08 James left his job as Head of Development at a digital agency in London to focus his energies on developerFusion full-time.
Users expecting the standard InstallShield interface will be in for a shock.
Version 2 of the program features a revamped UI, making it far easier to move
through the steps required for creating your setup program, and perhaps taking
a step towards the ease of Wise for Windows
Installer.
The recommended method for creating your project is to use the Project Wizard, which guides you through the process of creating 'features', 'components', files to include and other project options. However, after attempting this method, I found I preferred simply creating a standard project, and creating the setup program 'manually' - though this is essentially a wizard in itself.
InstallShield Professional also includes an excellent Setup Map, which clearly explains all the steps needed to create the setup package - ideal for those unsure of where to start!
Another feature worth mentioning is the Visual Basic dependency wizard, which automatically includes all the files you need for your Visual Basic projects - a valuable time saver.
The new enhanced UI
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