InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Specifying Installation Information
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As you begin creating your installation project, you will need to specify important installation
information at the outset. Installation information can be defined by the high-level properties and
considerations you need to set and determine about the organization of your installation. This includes
specifying product and project properties and configuring Add or Remove Programs properties.
Configuring General Project Settings
InstallShield stores your project settings in a single installation project file (.ise file). This file stores all of
the information about your project. In the General Information view, you can edit basic information
about your installation project—including the author’s name, the languages that the project supports,
and any comments that you want to include.
The General Information view is also where you configure general product information such as the
product name, the product code (GUID), and the version number. A product is the top level of
organization in an installation project. The installation is further divided into features, which are subsets
of your product.
For detailed information about each of the project and projects settings that are available, see General
Information View.
Setting the Product Code
The product code is a string that uniquely identifies your product. An installation uses a product code at
run time to determine whether the product has already been installed.
Enter a GUID that uniquely identifies your product, or click the Generate a new GUID button ({...})
in the Product Code setting in the General Information view to let InstallShield generate a new GUID.
The installation registers this GUID at run time.
Caution: Because the product code uniquely identifies your product, changing the code after distributing a release of
your product is not recommended.
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