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Create new MSI packages
Create a new blank MSI package and add necessary resources manually.
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Publish your MSI packages to SCCM
Automatically distribute your applications to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager with the help of our publishing wizard.
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Create transforms for customizing MSI packages
Use transform files (MST) to customize vendor MSI packages. With PACE Suite, you can either create a transform at the very beginning of editing your package or save all your changes as a transform later.
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Tailor your installation with a response transform
Use transform files (MST) to customize vendor MSI packages. With PACE Suite, you can either create a transform at the very beginning of editing your package or save all your changes as a transform later.
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Apply multiple transforms
Apply as many transforms to a package as you need and merge all changes into one file.
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Set permissions in MSI packages
Set, view, change, or remove permissions on files, folders, and registry in your MSI packages.
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Compare MSI packages
Using MSI Editor, quickly compare two MSI packages and see all the differences highlighted with colors.
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Enjoy intuitive UI of ODBD Management
The ODBC UI of Package Designer collects data from the ODBCDriver, ODBCAttribute, ODBCDataSource, ODBCSourceAttribute, and ODBCTranslator MSI Tables, transforms, and presents them in a user-friendly view.
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Close Apps with the UI in Package Designer
Configure which processes and in which way must be closed when installing and uninstalling the package via the convenient user interface. Save time on writing additional scripts, ensure clear package removal and correspondingly reduce the cost of the package.
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Add and edit Device Drivers
Easily add Device Drivers with our Wizard. Review, edit, and remove drivers on the dedicated Drivers tab, which also highlights your changes and displays errors and warnings.
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Create patch packages (MSP)
Create patch packages to deliver application updates. With PACE Suite, you can either save MSI database changes as a patch or generate a patch as a difference between new and old packages.
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Create Merge Modules (MSM)
PACE Suite monitors specified pools of Merge Modules and replaces captured resources with appropriate modules. PACE Suite also allows you to import Merge Modules to MSI packages manually.
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Manage Custom Actions
Our dedicated Wizard guides you through every step of creating a custom action to ensure your packages will work properly. In the Custom Actions tab, you can review and manage all custom and standard actions.
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Import resources to a package
Import files, registry, and shortcuts at any stage of the packaging process. You can also control settings like INI files handling, feature-component assignment, Media (CAB) options, and others.
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Add Scripts to a package
Integrate any script into a package with just one click. Just select a script, and PACE Suite will propagate most of the fields with proper data automatically.
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Manage contents of MSI packages in a convenient tree-like interface
Review and modify package resources such as files, registry, features-components in a convenient tree-like interface and get additional assistance in dedicated wizards.
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Undo/Redo history
PACE Suite allows you to Undo/Redo any manipulation you have made and highlights changes, so that you can easily find them in the MSI tables.
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Manage MSI upgrades
Let PACE Suite know which MSI packages must be upgraded during the installation, and all necessary information will be imported automatically.
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Export Registry to REG File
You can export registry entries from your MSI package into the REG file that will have the latest 5.00 format version.
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Directly edit MSI tables
For advanced customization, use direct table editor that highlights all changes, has Excel-like formula bar, formatted string autocompleting, row reference tracking, and more.
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Row reference tracking
When you make changes to MSI tables, the row reference tracking mechanism displays all connected rows and updates them automatically to maintain the MSI database integrity constraint.
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COM extraction and self-registration
PACE Suite is able to extract both 32/64-bit COM information and .NET assemblies from the selected file and import them to your package.
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Import tables from IDT format
Import MSI tables from IDT files to your MSI package.
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Control “Add & Remove Program” properties
Review and update main Add & Remove Program information, select existing or import new icons.