InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Chapter 1: InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition
What Was New in Earlier Versions of InstallShield Express Edition
If your installation requires any of these products, 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.
Enhancements for Patch Display Information
The Identification tab, which was previously called the Uninstall tab, is where you specify information
that should be displayed for a QuickPatch package in Add or Remove Programs on systems running
Windows Installer 3.0 or later. This tab in the General Information view in QuickPatch projects has
settings for items such as the display name, the manufacturer name, and the support URL. Now every
time that you change the latest setup for a QuickPatch project, InstallShield uses the Add or Remove
Programs information from the latest setup as the values for the Identification tab settings. You can
override the values on the Identification tab as needed. In addition, the Allow Patch to Be
Uninstalled (Requires Windows Installer 3.0) check box is now available on the Common tab.
This setting was previously available on the Uninstall tab.
For more information, see:
• Common Tab (in a QuickPatch project)
• Identification Tab (in a QuickPatch project)
Ability to Specify the Minimum Initialization Time
InstallShield includes a new Minimum Initialization Time setting on the Setup.exe tab for a release in
the Releases view. Use this setting to specify the minimum number of seconds that the installation
should display the initialization dialog—as well as the splash screen, if one is included—when end users
run this release.
For more information, see Setup.exe Tab.
What’s New in InstallShield 12 Express Edition
InstallShield includes the following new features:
Ability to Target Windows Vista Systems
InstallShield enables you to specify that your installation requires Windows Vista. It also lets you build
Windows Vista–related conditions for features.
User Account Control Support
InstallShield includes support for the User Account Control functionality that Microsoft added for
Windows Vista. Use the new Require Administrative Privileges setting in the General Information view
to specify at a project-wide basis whether administrative privileges are required for an installation. Also,
use the Required Execution Level setting in the Build Your Release view to specify the minimum level
required by your installation’s Setup.exe file for running the installation (the setup launcher, any setup
prerequisites, and the .msi file) on Windows Vista platforms.
For details, see:
• General Information Settings
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