I'm using InstallShield Professional v.11 and I need to make multiple installation packages where the only difference is the company name (which changes the default install location, and the location of the start menu shortcuts). How do I do this? thanks, John.
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You should be able to use InstallShield's Automation Interface. CompanyName is one of the items you can access/set.
From IS2010:
' create the automation object
Set m_ISWiProject = CreateObject("IswiAuto16.ISWiProject")
' I think for IS11 it's IswiAuto11; check your Help
' Build path to the .ism file
strFile = "C:\<WindowsFolder>\Profiles\<UserName>\Personal\MySetups\Test.ism"
m_ISWiProject.OpenProject strFile
m_ISWiProject.CompanyName="<Company Name>"
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I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean by the automation Interface. I never used IS2010 – Rossini Apr 18 '12 at 18:26
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I just mention IS2010 because the sample code I posted is from it. The Automation Interface allows you to create programs that change the IS project file without you having to open & edit them. The sample and the script files I use are written in VBScript. The Help file included with your IS installation should have a chapter titled "Automating Build Processes" or something like that. There is a reference to elements you can affect and sample scripts for several situations; you can tweak those to do what you want. – DaveE Apr 18 '12 at 20:45
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You might try a project template:
A project template (.ist file) contains all of the default settings and design elements that you want to use as a starting point when you create an installation project or merge module project.
You could create new projects for the different companies based on the same template, but changing the company name.
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I don't think this will work for me, because I want to have 1 project that has multiple releases, the difference between each release is the company name – Rossini Apr 18 '12 at 18:08