Installer VISE

File Format
Name	Installer VISE
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving Installer VISE
Released	≤1996

Installer VISE (including other "VISE" products) is a family of installation software products. It was developed by MindVision. There were editions for classic Mac OS, OS X, and Windows.

Some or all of the related installer-archive formats are self-extracting executables.

Identification

Most Mac files (data fork?) start with ASCII "SVCT" (newer format?), or "VISE" (older format?).

Specifications

• https://github.com/habnabit/delvmod/wiki/Installer_VISE - Some info
• https://pastebin.com/GwQYz2gG - Some info

Software

VISE:

• Installer VISE 3.7.0 (Windows) (at Internet Archive)
• Installer VISE 3.7 For Windows (modified?) (at Internet Archive)

Other:

• InstallExplorer (Total Commander plugin) - Can decode some of the Windows formats.
• UniExtract2 - Possibly supports some of the (Windows?) formats.

Sample files

• dexvert samples — archive/installerVISE
• Signup.vct

Links

• Wikipedia: Installer VISE
• 1996 archive of MindVision Software website