InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

• Action Execution Options
Chapter 1: InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition
What Was New in Earlier Versions of InstallShield Express Edition
Ability to Import Visual Studio Setup and Merge Module Projects into Existing InstallShield
Projects; Improvements for the Project Converter
InstallShield now lets you import a Visual Studio setup project or a Visual Studio merge module project
(.vdproj) into an Express project (.ise). This functionality enables you to develop InstallShield
installation projects that contain the same data and settings that were in your Visual Studio project. The
wizard imports the project outputs, files, registry keys, file extensions, custom actions, target system
searches, and launch conditions from your Visual Studio project into your existing InstallShield project.
To import a Visual Studio project into an existing InstallShield project, use the new Visual Studio
Deployment Project Import Wizard in InstallShield. The wizard lets you choose whether to import or
ignore certain settings in the Visual Studio project.
The existing support for converting a Visual Studio project into a new InstallShield project has been
expanded. If your Visual Studio project contains predefined prerequisites, InstallShield now converts
them to equivalent InstallShield prerequisites during the conversion process. This same prerequisite
conversion functionality is available if you use the new wizard to import a Visual Studio project into an
InstallShield project.
If your Visual Studio project contains one or more project outputs, use the import wizard instead of the
conversion process. The InstallShield project must be in the same Visual Studio solution that contains
the Visual Studio setup or merge module project and all of its project dependencies. Note that you must
be using InstallShield from within Visual Studio when you use the import wizard in order for the wizard
to import the project outputs into your InstallShield project.
To learn more, see the following:
• Converting or Importing Visual Studio Projects into InstallShield Projects
• Visual Studio Deployment Project Import Wizard
Predefined System Searches for SQL Server 2008 Express SP1 and Adobe Reader 9
InstallShield has new predefined system searches:
• SQL Server 2008 Express SP1
• Adobe Reader 9
If your installation requires one or both of these, you can use the Requirements view or the Installation
Requirements page in the Project Assistant to add these system searches to your project. When end
users launch your installation, Windows Installer checks the target system to see if the requirements are
met; if they are not met, the installation displays the error message that is defined for the system search.
This feature applies to Express projects.
Ability to Configure MIME Types for IIS Web Sites, Applications, and Virtual Directories
The Internet Information Services view has a new MIME Types setting that you can configure for a Web
site, application, or virtual directory in your project. This setting lets you identify the types of content
that can be served from the Web server on the target system to a browser or mail client.
This feature applies to the Express project.
For more information, see:
• MIME Types setting for a Web site
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