InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Chapter 5: Visual Basic Wizard Tutorial
Create a New Project
Create a New Project
Task To create a new project for this tutorial:
1. Launch InstallShield.
2. On the File menu, click New. The New Project dialog box opens.
3. Select the Visual Basic 6.0 Wizard project type.
4. In the Project Name field, type VBWTutorial.ise.
5. In the Project Language box, select English (United States).
6. Click OK. The Visual Basic Wizard opens.
7. Read the information displayed on the first panel of the wizard and click Next.
Note: In this tutorial, the Visual Basic wizard is launched by creating a new Visual Basic 6.0 project. You can, however,
also launch the Visual Basic Wizard in an existing installation project. To do so, click the Import Visual Basic Project button
in the Dependencies view. When you use this import method, the wizard scans for all of the files and dependencies and
enables you to add them to your project.
Specify the Visual Basic Project File
The next panel of the Visual Basic wizard requires you to specify the Visual Basic project file on which
you want to base your installation.
Task To specify the file:
1. Click the browse button to navigate to the sample Visual Basic project file called Alarmclock.vbp,
which is located in InstallShield Program Files Folder\Samples\WindowsInstaller\AlarmClock
subfolder.
2. If available, select the Rebuild project before scanning check box.
3. Click Next to begin scanning the project.
Reviewing the Scan Results
When the wizard finishes scanning the Visual Basic project, it displays the scan results. Included in these
results are any features that will be created, the files that will be added to the installation, and any
required merge modules. Review the results, paying close attention to the features and the destination
location of any files that will be added. If there are duplicate dependency files, InstallShield includes
only one copy of the duplicate files to conserve space.
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