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Basic MSI is the Windows Installer-based project type in InstallShield

From InstallShield's help page:

Basic MSI is the Windows Installer-based project type in . Basic MSI projects are recommended in cases where the Windows Installer service should drive the entire installation. They allow you to author your installation using only the native Windows Installer feature set. The geometry of your end user dialogs as well as the flow of your setup user interface (UI) is authored directly in the MSI package, and the Windows Installer Service uses its native user interface rendering capabilities to display the UI to your end users. The advantages of this project type are fully realized if you need to author your installation in an open format.

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Handle CheckBox Checked Event in Interior Dialog in Basic MSI Project

Tools: InstallShield 2009 Premier, Basic MSI Project I have added an interior dialog, and in that dialog I added a checkbox. Now if the checkbox is checked I want to exit the setup (or, show a message box). How?
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Installshield 2014 Basic MSI Hide features dynamically not installing features

I have created a Basic MSI Installer using InstallShield 2014 for a server/client program and have to hide features dynamically based on the License Key of a database that is installed prior to our Server app being installed. I have created…
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Connect to SQL server with custom port while executing installer

I have InstallShield 2013 basic MSI project. During installer execution I need to connect to MySQL Server which is running on 3310 port. Default port is 3306 and installation runs successfully, but when I try to connect to server with different port…
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Prerequisites dialog is not shown when launched from add or remove programs

I have an Installshield Basic MSI Project with prerequisites. Once the user tries to run the setup.exe file, it shows the prerequisites dialog and the user is able to install the prerequisites successfully as expected. After the application is…
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Installshield leaves byte compiled files behind on uninstalltion

I have build Installshield Basic MSI project with some python files as components. On uninstallation it leaves byte compiled files behind. I can see one of way of doing it is to write Installscript which will get called on uninstallation. Is there…
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How to Avoid Resiliency of InstallShield

I have a Basic MSI project that installs some dlls to a location say "C:\Program Files (x86)\CompanyA\Service". The folder access permissions restricts access to standard account (non administrator). Now I launch the application using a standard…
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Ways to reduce the size of a Bacic MSI Installer using Installshield

I just made a Basic MSI installer [using installshield 2012 spring professional ] to install an ActiveX control , i basically added the component and enabled "extract com info on installation" option for the key file . I have hard coded the…
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Passing Installation Path as input to dll - basic MSI - InstallShield 2012

Passing installation path selected from Destination Folder Dialog as input to a DLL from a custom dialog. I am designing a basic MSI installer project using InstallShield 2012. I have designed a custom dialog to get user login info etc. in a custom…
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Easist way to convert bacis MSI installshield project to merge module

I am working on a large existing application for which an existing installer exists (basic MSI install shield project). Now I want to create a new installer which installs all the content of this installer, but also content from different (git)…
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Get User Selection Response From PreRequisite Optional

Within PreRequisite Editor, I have marked the option for user to optionally skip the installation in a prerequisite. Now, when the installation runs, there's a dialog box that says "[ProductName] optionally uses PreRequisite. Would you like to…
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Detect Erlang Version In InstallShield 2021/2022

I am trying to build an installer using InstallShield 2021. My installer has Erlang as a setup prerequisite. If Erlang is already installed on target system, I want to detect the version of Erlang installed and match that to my setup prerequisite's…
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Updating .config XML in InstallScript

I am attempting to write a short install script to update a value in an XML file (myplatforinfo.config). I shamefully stole the code from [this post on a similar…
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InstallScript CA changes done in registry are not removed on uninstall

I have A Basis MSI project created with InstallShield 2018. The setup include some InstallScript CA that modify the registry ( I should have done it inside a component but due to some limitation it's done by code ) Now I have located the CA between…
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(installshield 2010) Conditional features selection

(Basic MSI Project) I would like to deselect parent feature automatically when all children are deselected, but i can`t find any option for that on installshield IDE. For example, (feature select dialog) Feature A ---Feature A-1 ---Feature A-2 If…
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How to pass Property to ISM through .ini?

I'm building ISM project (Basic MSI) using IsCmdBld.exe. I wanted to pass couple of Properties to ISM file. When I'm executing following command, it's building properly with the passed properties. IsCmdBld.exe -p "" -z…
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