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InstallShield (not including limited edition) is a software tool for creating MSI installers or software packages. InstallShield is primarily used for making an installer (MSI) for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms, but it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices.

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, but it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices.

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Random password creation using install shield (install script)

I am new to Install Shield(Install Script), so apologies in advance if my question is repetitive. Is there any function in install shield to create random password ? or a code snippet to achieve the same. Thanks in advance for the help :)
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InstallShield - Error 429 and missing sabuild.dll

We've recently upgraded from InstallShield 2015 to 2016 SP2. I opened my existing Projects in 2016, and InstallShield upgraded them with no errors. But when I try to build in the GUI I get the following: Error 429: ActiveX component can't create…
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Pass pre-requisite check information from Config file in InstallShield

I'm trying to achieve a requirement in Pre-requisites part of my package: The package should be able to check for the presence of a specific Operating System or Microsoft Patch on the target machine and block installation if the specified OS&patch…
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Verify file version within installshield during build

This may be a very simple question but I couldn't find a solution. What I am trying to achieve is verify the file version of the files to be deployed within InstallShield. If the version does not matches with a given version number, the…
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Using InstallShield, where to place "all user" accessible data files

I'm creating an installer using InstallShield. v 11.5. Somewhat new territory. There's data files that need to be read/write for all users. The main concern is permissions for Vista and 7. I assume there's a standard location path to query. I'm not…
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How to generate installshield ism file with installshield command

we want to generate the msi package in an automatically way, and we try to use installshield. now we try to generate ism file with xml based first and then use iscmdbld.exe to generate the msi package....there is limited documentation about how to…
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Error building installshield project with TFS 2013

I'm trying to build a fairly complex project using TFS that was just upgraded from InstallShield 2013 to 2015 and I got all of the errors except for this one: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\InstallShield\2015\InstallShield.targets (77): -7325: An…
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InstallShield: Install Level

I have an InstallShield Project that has 3 features. One of the Features I need to be installable via Custom Install, but not install by default. I am looking at the Feature's Install Level, which is currently 1. Can I use this to make it not…
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Cannot create instance of ISWiProject

I am using InstallShield 2016 SP1. I am trying to set some attributes for my installation project through C#. I got Installation automation code from the following link :…
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How to use Installshield's built-in custom actions - They are not visible in execute sequence

There are two types of custom actions in installshield namely in-built and user-defined. I want to use installshield's built-in custom action named ISSQLServerValidate to check if it is possible connect to a given SQL Server instance or not using a…
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Prevent Advertised shortcut from coming to the Start menu

I have an installer that will install the following shortcuts. The shortcuts are supposed to be installed in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MyAPPFolder . But the issue is that a temporary shortcut will also create in the…
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Sign all needed files in Visual Studio and InstallShield

I'm using Visual Studio 2013 professional and InstallShield 2015 Limited Edition. I have a SafeNet stick and I know how to sign files from the command line. My Visual Studio solution contains 4 projects: unmanaged Dll, managed Dll (wrapper around…
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Installshield limited version for the project migration VS2010 to VS2017

I had VS2010 application along with the Installshield limited edition installer. I did migrate the project from VS2010 to vS2017, my other application got converted fine. But the install shield project was unable to connect to convert to 2017. The…
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Deploying Visio Viewer with InstallShield: Module VVIEWER.DLL Failed to Register

I have created an application using Visual Studio Professional 2015 (Version 14.0.25431.01 Update 3) that utilizes Visio Viewer (Version 16.0.4339.1001). When I install my application, I get "Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files (x86)...\VVIEWER.DLL…
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Regarding code signing certificate in Installshield

I came across very little literature to use code signing certificates without a private key being exported. Hence, requesting some basic info regarding including the code signing certificate in the installshield 2013 to sign our setup.exe file. So…
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