InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Chapter 24: View Reference
Specify Application Data View
Specify Application Data View
Files View
Application data includes any and all files you are adding to your installation. Files can be added in the
Files view, through redistributables, by scanning for dependencies, or by adding mobile device
installations.
Table 24-11: Views Under the Specify Application Data View
View Description
Files The Files view is the main way you add files to your installation project. This view behaves
similarly to the Windows Explorer, allowing you to drag-and-drop files into your installation
project.
Files and Features Although you can select which feature you want to add your files to in the Files view, if you
want to change which feature a file is associated with after the file has been added to your
installation, you need to do so in the Files and Features view.
Redistributables Redistributables—InstallShield prerequisites, merge modules, and objects—enable you to
add distinct pieces of functionality to your installation project. Examples of these types of
functionality include Visual Basic run-time DLLs and the Microsoft C run-time libraries.
Dependencies The Dependencies view includes three different scanners that add dependency files to
your installation. These scanners include a Visual Basic project scanner, a static scanner
that scans files already included in your project and adds their dependencies, and a
dynamic scanner that scans a running application for any dependencies.
Mobile Devices Use the Mobile Devices view if you are creating an installation that requires a desktop
component to be installed along with a mobile device component. When you add a mobile
device installation to your project through this view, InstallShield automatically adds it to all
of the features that you selected to associate with the mobile device application.
Files are the core of any installation. The main purpose of an installation program is to transfer files
from the source medium to the target destination. The Files view is divided into four panes: The two left
panes contain folders and the two right panes display the files located within those folders. Above these
four panes is the Feature list. Before you add files to your installation, you need to select the feature with
which you want to associate your files. The feature that appears in the box is the feature to which your
files are added.
Table 24-12: Panes in the Files View
Pane Description
Source Folders (Top
Left)
The Source Folders frame is analogous to the left frame in Windows Explorer. This view
contains folders located either locally or on a network. From here you can navigate to the
folder that contains the files you want to add to your installation.
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