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StuffIt Installermaker 4.1 With Electronic Commerce Capabilities Now Available From Aladdin Systems, Inc.Aladdin's Installer Gets New Tasks and Flag Alerts for Improved InstallationsWatsonville, CA-- July 30, 1997 -- Aladdin Systems, Inc., developer and publisher of the worldwide compression standard StuffIt®, today announced StuffIt InstallerMaker 4.1 began shipping. StuffIt InstallerMaker allows developers to easily create custom software installers and automatic trialware software (a time-locked demo) without any coding. InstallerMaker is the only Macintosh installer with automatic trialware creation capability. Trialware created with InstallerMaker can be purchased by end users with the click of a button. "Integrating electronic commerce into InstallerMaker is the solution for developers, distributors, and marketers to easily incorporate trialware versions of their software. InstallerMaker with electronic commerce capabilities significantly cuts costs on developer time and can advance the availability of software to their customers," said Jonathan Kahn, Vice President, Aladdin Business Line. "Trialware offers the chance to try-before-you-buy and takes some of the risk out of the software market for developers." Six New Features in InstallerMaker 4.1 "Preserve Success/Fail Status," and the "Execute When" features let users know when and if their installation succeeded. Preserve Success/Fail Status, allows developers to preserve the flag that indicates whether the last Task and/or Find failed when executing tasks, and the Execute When condition. Execute When is a new feature that allows Tasks to be set to execute under three conditions: Always, If last Task/Find succeeded, or If last Task/Find failed. The fifth new feature is the "Edit Installer Finder Info." It allows developers to set the Shared and File Locked flags for the installer, and /or the minimum and preferred memory allocation. This feature makes it easier to retain the custom settings for the installer. The sixth new feature included in InstallerMaker 4.1 is additional custom code hooks for certain tasks, like IMid extensions. InstallerMaker 4.1 features time saving enhancements including: the capability to use ShrinkWrap 2.1 and Aladdin's upcoming ShrinkWrap 3.0 for creating disk images as part of the build process, a software license display mode during installation, a new update architecture that creates software updaters in one tenth the time and up to 60% smaller, support for building additional foreign language installers, a faster find, easier Internet TCP/IP configuration for ISPs, the ability to display banners and play sounds during the installation process, as well as valuable user interface enhancements. Robust Electronic Commerce Solution When InstallerMaker's trialware feature is enabled, the user is notified every time they run the software of the number of days or launches left in their trial period. They are also given the opportunity to purchase the product from within the application. The purchase may be made in real time via the Internet, modem connection, an 800 phone call, by fax, or postal mail. When the demo period expires users will not be able to continue using the software without a purchase even if they reinstall it. "The trialware feature in InstallerMaker is a fabulous way for users to sample a software developer's product, whether it is a shareware or commercial product, and allows the user to easily make a purchase at any time during the trial. So, it helps ensure developers will receive additional sales because it is so fast and easy to make a purchase," said Pauline Shumake, InstallerMaker product manager. Creating Disk Images with ShrinkWrap Software License Dialog With Foreign Language Support Internet Configuration Support Other Information Aladdin: Making data distribution and management transparent in
the Internet era Founded in 1988, Aladdin Systems, Inc. is the developer and publisher of award winning business and consumer products. Aladdin publishes StuffIt®, the Macintosh and Internet compression standard; Spring Cleaning, the fastest and safest way to clean up your Mac; CyberFinder, an Internet bookmark manager. Aladdin's Developer Technologies include: InstallerMaker, the Macintosh installation standard and ShrinkWrap, the quickest and easiest way to create and distribute disk images. Aladdin products are designed to help users take full advantage of their computer by making life easier. Aladdin is located at 165 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076, USA; telephone: (408)761-6200; URL: http://www.aladdinsys.com; e-mail: info@aladdinsys.com ### Internet PrefSaver, ShrinkWrap, StuffIt, InstallerMaker, and the Aladdin Logo are trademarks of Aladdin Systems, Inc. All other products or brands are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
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