How to repackage an exe into msi
Hi, I'm trying out the trial version, and want to use it to repackage/convert an exe into an msi. How do i do this? I googled but didn't find the info that I was looking for. I tried creating a project...
View ArticleInstallShield Limited for Visual Studio 2015
I use InstallShield Limited for Visual Studio 2013. I just installed Visual Studio 2015 and I don't find an option for using InstallShield Limited with Visual Studio 2015. Is there/will there be...
View ArticleWhy the msp is not patching differences only
I have two msis with a size of around 17MB, the difference between those two msis is small. When I'm generating a patch via the the Patch Design, the output msp is around 15MB and this cannot be...
View ArticleBasic MSI project - custom action - execute from path - does this work ?
Hi, I am new to InstallShield and am struggling massively with the quality of documentation, so am hoping that I can find help within this forum. I have created a Basic MSI project. I can happily...
View ArticleApple OS X x64/x32 installations
Does anyone know how to produce the x64 installations on MAC OS X? I see the downloads of x64 JRE VM packs for Windows, Solaris e.t.c. - but Apple OS X Oracle packs are without any info about the...
View ArticleFiles are not added using USERPROFILE environment variable
I have added destination files using Specify Application Data | Files. However, some files are only created by the VS 2013 solution and cannot be marked as Content or Primary Output. Therefore, they...
View ArticleInstall action execute before finising other action
Hi, I am facing some threading issue. Like in install sequence i created two action. 1. Create DB schema 2. Run some query on schema but when i install the software an error thrown at 2nd step saying...
View ArticleSwitch between multiple GUID's (Product Codes) in a single Installscript project
Hi, I am trying to create a single installscript project - to generate multiple installers corresponding to its features - which should have separate GUID's for each of its package. I tried to update...
View ArticleInstallShield and DllImport management
In my VS2012 project I use a third party dll. I do not add it into project references, but I have added its path into environment system variables (in Path), as suggested into the user manual of the...
View ArticleEnable windows feature during installation of the product.
In our application we want the ‘Application Initialization’ feature/Role (feature of windows server 2012) enabled. Currently, we have to enable the ‘Application initialization’ feature/Role manually...
View ArticleIs there anyway to change the update.exe?
for setup.exe, one can change the initialization dialog to "small". for update.exe (patch), is there anyway to change it ? And, is the initialization dialog of update.exe in english only? can i change...
View ArticleCan't install IA 2010 hotfix
I was happily using a Windows 2003 Server machine as my build machine, but now we are replacing that with a Windows 2012 Server. Unfortunately we need to support legacy software that has a IA 2010...
View ArticleRestart after Install - Windows doesn't ask user to save open files, help.
Hello, My engineer send me 2 versions of installation software for evaluation, which he said he has made no changes to the Restart settings, but just changes messages in dialog boxes. However, when...
View ArticleEnvironment variable problem in install script project
Hi I using the following code and It works fine for first time installation but when the user uninstall the product the PATH variable will damaged. can anyone give me an ide or tell me what I am doing...
View ArticleUpdate service files on minor upgrade
We are using InstallShield for some time and everything looks good except service upgrade. After the installation if we set Log On user for the service to be some domain user, minor upgrade will fail....
View ArticleMigrate from Installscriot MSI to Installanywhere
Hi, We are currently packaging our application using Installshield 2012 Spring on windows and Installanywhere 2012 Enterpise for unix platforms(Solaris, AIX and Linux Platforms). We are planning to...
View ArticleBSOD on Windows 10
Hi, I just installed the trial version of InstallShield 2015 Express. When I build a project I get a BSOD with a registry filter driver exception referring to ISRegFlt64.sys. This happens when the...
View ArticleInstallshield waiting progress bar dialog for a long process execution file.
I have a question about Installshield Progress bar feature. I am executing Postgres scripts through Installscript project, it is taking time for executing the OSM Map script from 15-20 minutes. At this...
View ArticleAccess 2013 Runtime
Has anyone tried to include the Access 2013 runtime (AccessRuntime_x86_en-us.exe)? With Access 2007 there was a /quiet switch but it no longer works with Access 2013. Has anyone found out how to do a...
View Articlecreate a xml file during install
After customer is prompted to enter their information, is there an option to turn on to have installshield prompt the customer for more information and then create a xml file before the installshield...
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