InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Dependencies View
Chapter 24: View Reference
Specify Application Data View
A file often relies on functions in other files to perform a task. However, you may not be aware of all
these other files—known as dependencies—when you include your application’s files in your installation
project. InstallShield offers three scanning wizards to assist you in identifying and working with these
files. You can access these scanners in the Dependencies view:
Table 24-17: Dependency Scanners in InstallShield
Scanning Option Function
Perform Static Scanning The Static Scanning Wizard looks at portable executable files (for example, .exe,
.ocx, .com, .tlb, .hlp, and .chm) in your project and checks for dependencies that they
may require.
Perform Dynamic Scanning The Dynamic Scanning Wizard monitors your system while an executable file is
running and checks for .dll or .ocx files that may be required by the executable file.
Import Visual Basic Project The Visual Basic Wizard scans your Visual Basic project for all dependencies and
optionally lets you add them to your project.
If you use the Static, Dynamic, and Visual Basic scanning wizards, you can specify files that you want to
be included or excluded automatically any time that you perform a static or dynamic scan through
InstallShield. For more information, see Filtering Files in Dependency Scanners.
Mobile Devices View
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.
This view enables you to do the following:
• Create an installation package for Windows Mobile–powered devices such as smartphones and
PDAs. The package installs the necessary Windows Mobile .cab files to the end user’s desktop
computer first, and then launches the Windows Mobile Application Manager or uses either
Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center (for Windows Vista and later) or Microsoft ActiveSync
(for Windows XP) to copy the correct files onto the Windows Mobile–powered device. It can also
optionally register an icon file on the desktop computer with ActiveSync or Mobile Device Center, so
that the icon is displayed within the Windows Mobile Application Manager window.
• Create an installation package for Palm OS devices. The application files can be deployed via
HotSync to the Palm OS device. You can target either the device’s memory or a storage card.
• Add .cab files that have already been built to an Express project. The .cab files can be created by
using the Smart Device Setup Wizard, or they can be some other Windows Mobile–compatible .cab
files that you have on your machine.
The Windows Mobile Wizard or the Palm OS Wizard launches when you add a mobile device installation
to your project. These wizards help you to customize the settings for the devices that you want to target.
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