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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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Product won't uninstall from windows when uninstalling previous product during its installation

I have an Installshield Basic MSI installer that installs the new version of our product. If the user is still on the old version (installed by an Installscript installer), the installer will execute the uninstall string of the old product before…
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RollBack Installation if custom action fails [After InstallFinalise] -Basic Msi -Installshield 2012

I am creating a basic msi installer using installshield 2012 spring professional , here i have a custom dialog to collect some data from the user based on which i call a custom dll action to create a database inside the installation folder . I have…
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Handling error messages from dll in custom dialog without aborting installation - Basic MSI -Installshield 2012

I am using Installshield 2012 to build a basic msi installer , Here I have a custom dialog where i get the user inputs which are then passed to a dll for validation . The dll returns 0 or 1 based on the success or failure and in case of failure it…
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Reading dialog box responses in installshield basic msi project

i've a dialog box SAPEnv dat has eight radio buttons enclosed under same property named SAPEnviro. what i want to do is to get that value in my installscript and set registry values according to button clicked. i used msigetproperty function but its…
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