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InstallShield is a software tool for creating installers or software packages. InstallShield is primarily used for installing software for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms

InstallShield is a powerful and easy-to-use installation development solution for creating Windows installations. With automated tools to productize, bundle and install your products in both traditional MSI and virtual formats, InstallShield makes it easy for your customers to deploy and manage your applications when, where and how they are needed while providing a contemporary installation experience.

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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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IS warning about string ID "IDS_ERROR_27555" not being found in string table

I have an Installshield2010 project that has had this warning since before my employment ISDEV : warning -3028: The string ID "IDS_ERROR_27555" was not found in the string table. It is referenced in the table:"Error" in column:"Message". Looking in…
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How to check for .NET 4 from InstallShield 2012?

I'm usually in WIX-land instead of InstallShield. What's the equivalent of NETFRAMEWORK40FULL in InstallShield? Is there a better way to check for .NET 4.0 from InstallShield 2012? Please note: I am not interested in installing it from the…
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Can't seem to load a managed dll from Installer during setup?

I'm developing an installer for an application which includes a Windows Service. The service will need a username/password from the user in order to get information from our server, so I'd like to set that during install. We also need to store…
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Execute a Custom Action from User Interaction in InstallShield (Basic MSI Project)

I am using InstallShield 2012 Professional to create a basic MSI project. My question involves how to execute a Custom Action caused by user interaction with a dialog. I've been doing the research but I just am not getting the right combination of…
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How to perform an upgrade via MSI without command line parameters

We have developed a basic MSI project with versions as - 1.0.00.00, 1.0.01.00, 1.1.00.00, 2.0.00.00 each of which will copy some text files to my preferred location. With output as EXE, I have first installed the project with version 1.0.00.00 and…
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How to modify the skin color and background of the installer generated using Install-shield

I am new to Install Shield. Trying to modify the new installer background and the color of the installer panel. How to customize the skin, background color or add background image for the new installer generated using Installshield 2010. I tried to…
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What needs to be done in Install shield Project to make it capable to uninstall Word Add-In if it is already installed

I have two projects as mentioned below. VSTO Project(Word Add-In) Installer (.ism) project to create installer for above word add-in Recently, I have made some changes in above both the projects to replace old brand name with new brand name. After…
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How to check if custom action is running in deferred or immediate execution using WIX C#?

Is there a better way than catching an exception thrown when attempting to read a session variable that is not accessible in deferred mode? Thanks
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Porting C++ and c# projects from visual studio 2013 to vs 2017

I am porting C# and CPP projects from Visual Studio 2013 , Windows 7 platform to Visual Studio 2017[.Net Framework 4.6.2] Windows 10 platform. This has produced an installer using installshield 2012 with binaries from vs 2017 build. But while…
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how to install 64-bit odbc by installshield in setup.rul?

//install 32-bit odbc dsn szFilePath="\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\ODBC\\ODBC.INI\\"^szDemoDB; RegDBSetKeyValueEx(szFilePath,"Database",REGDB_STRING, szDemoDB,-1); RegDBSetKeyValueEx(szFilePath,"Driver",REGDB_STRING,…
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How to change the title of .exe installer

I have created an installer using Installer Anywhere 2012. The installer created have a title(for example "ABC") which I want to change to some other string to make the installer more informative.
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Dynamically load Combo box in Windows Installer UI created using InstallShiled

I am creating windows installer using InstallShield 2012. My installer UI having combo box and data for combo box is given in Combo box "Items" property. Instead of adding it statically, I need to load the combo box values at run time from a text…
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Building InstallShield project with Multiple Product configuration using MSBuild command line

I have created InstallShield Basic MSI project from Visual Studio (IS 2012 Spring, VS 2010). My InstallShield project having 2 product configurations and each configuration having one release. Product Configuration 1 Release 1 Product…
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Pre-requisites check in installshield script

I am creating a Installscript MSI project using Installshield 2014 profession edition. I want to check following things in installshield project as pre-requisites before continuing installtion: OS either windows 7 & above OR Windows 2008 R2 &…
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