installshield-2010

Need to add a script to change a filename to a installshield 2010 installer

I need to add a script that will change the name of two files in my install shield 2010 build. Is there a way to do this? ...

Is it possible to send parameters to InstallShield prerequistes?

I am evaluating InstallShield 2010, and am trying to set some command line parameters to the SQL Server 2008 prerequisite at user run-time. It appears that the prerequisite is defined entirely in the .prq files (xml-stlye). Wise for Windows used WiseScript to call the prerequisite installations. InstallAware seems to have something si...

Installshield installer size

Hi I've been asked to make a simple installer with Installshield 2010 Professional. The combine size of the files to be installed is about 2 megs, but the resulting installer is about 5 megs. I would like to know if there is a way to tweak the installshield project so I can have a smaller installer. Thanks! ...

InstallShield 2010 InstallScript MSI Project - Manage Dialogs

Anyone knows why is so difficult to remove a dialog from an InstallScript MSI project in InstallShield 2010? And how can i do this, e.g. remove the dialog asking for the Destination Path to install. Thank you in advance. ...

Uninstall another MSI on install

I have a Basic MSI project. I need to remove another MSI product on installation that is now integrated into our main application. I tried to use the upgrade scenarios and treat it as a major upgrade. However, this didn't work because of the upgrade codes not matching I believe. Next, I also made a custom action that ran msiexec.exe aft...

InstallShield: Setting a Custom Action's Property Value from a Release Property

I'm trying to automate InstallShield from my build process, and I need to set a type 51 Custom Action's Property Value from my Release's Product Configuration Flags property. What is the syntax (something in square brackets?) to do that? From here... ...to here: ...

Make clients to download InstallShield PreRequisites from Internet

Hi Everyone, My installshield project uses custom prerequisites to install .Net Framework 4.0 Client Profile and Microsoft Sync Framework 2.0 client package. I want to let clients to donwload .Net Framework and Sync Framework directly from the Internet so that our installer is small. But I cant see a way to this. If you could give so...

Can I Install SQL server 2000 Evaluation copy on Windows 7?

When install SQL Server 2000 (Evaluation copy) on Windows 7 32 bit Home Premium desktop computer, system gives the following error and Installation not successful: InstallShield Engine has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is av...

InstallScript project giving Error 1706 when upgrading

I have an InstallScript project written from scratch in InstallShield 2010. It contains, amongst other things, three native InstallShield objects and four InstallShield Merge Module Holder Objects which wrap MSM files. When I originally tested the project, it installed fine on a clean environment, but when I tried upgrading to a newer v...

Installshield or Wix

Hi, I have a pretty huge web application developed using asp.net 3.5 and I need to prepare an installer package which will be using to deploy the application on IIS 6 and 7. I have done a lot of research on Wix and Installsheild 2010 (pro) and need some advice before making decision. I notice that the installsheild is quite expense in...

Having a Prerequisites for InstallShiled 2010

Hello All, I am very new to istallshield 2010,I have created basic MSI setup for my application. I need to check few prerequisites for my application those are as below. Microsoft frame work 3.5 with SP1. Sql Express 2005. Visual C++ redistributable If any of the above things are not installed before means,I have to install while i...

InstallScript MSI Project - Custom Action as dialog result

Hi, I have an InstallShield - InstallScript MSI project and a custom action defined that calls a method from a dll. I can't seem to find a way of running this custom action as a dialog result, for example when the installation is finished and the user hits Finish button. Any suggestions are more than welcomed. Thanks. Edit I was not...

how to support SQL 2008 R2 in Installshield 12?

how to support SQL 2008 R2 in Installshield 12? What is change required in signature table to "maxsupportedversion" field? ...

Adding prerequisites Visual C++ runtime redistributable

I have problem during installing visual c++ runtime libraries for windows 7. I prepare the setup using installshield 2010,their is an option to set visual c++ 2010 as prerequisites but no option for VC++ 2008. How I can create(or anybody created already) .prq file, so that I can build my application. Please help me as soon as possible....

Installing ADO.Net hot fix installshield 2010

Hello All, How I can install ADO.net hot fix along with setup program which is developed in installshield 2010 please guide me as soon as possible ...

Modifying app.config through installscript

Hello all, How to modify app.config files through installscript in installshield 2010. I want to modify the sql connection string in app.config file based on user selected server. Early help should be appreciated. ...

Adding license agreement for Installshield prerequisites

Can any one tell me how add License agreement for before installing prerequisites in installshield 2010. ...

Need Help with InstallShield

Hello friends, I'm using to Install Shield 2010 limited edition to create a installer of my application. I have never used it before. But now I need to create a installer and verify it by using Windows 7 client software logo toolkit. I have tested a .msi file using the toolkit and found some warnings. Among them 1 is Applications are ...

Install Shield - How to Disable specific feature in feature tree?

I am new to install shield , I have an Install Script msi project and have some features, I want feature3 to be greyed out in sdfeaturestree dialog. Kindly help me in to this I am very stucked. kindly tell me the fucntion which disable the check box of specified feature.? thanks very much ...

FileGrep and regular expressions in InstallShield

Hello Is it possible to use regular expressions with the FileGrep function in InstallShield? If not is there some other solution to get data from web.config? I want to retrieve some information from the AppConfig, ApplicationConfig and ConnectionString sections. ...