InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Chapter 27: Command-Line Tools
IsCmdBld.exe
Command-Line Parameters
ISCmdBld.exe supports the following command-line parameters.
Table 27-1: Command-Line Build Parameters
Parameter Description
-b The fully qualified path to the folder where you want the output folders and files to be
placed. UNC paths are acceptable. The built installation’s files will be located in the
DiskImages\Disk1 subfolder of the location that you specify.
Enclose long file names in quotation marks.
This parameter is optional.
-c This parameter allows you to specify whether you want to have your release compressed
into one file or remain uncompressed in multiple files. The valid arguments for this
parameter are COMP and UNCOMP. To specify that your release be compressed into one
file, use the COMP argument. If you do not want your release compressed, use the
UNCOMP argument.
This parameter is optional. If the release name already exists, the configuration will be
based on what was specified in the IDE. If this is ignored for a new release, the new
package will be uncompressed.
-e Setup Package Use this parameter to specify whether you want to create Setup.exe along with your
installation project. Specify Y to build Setup.exe, or N to create just an installation
package.
This parameter is optional.
-i Instead of passing all of your parameters on the command line, you can include them in
an initialization (.ini) file and call that file from the command line. For more information,
see Passing Command-Line Build Parameters in an .ini File.
Absolute and relative paths are acceptable. Enclose long file names in quotation marks.
This parameter is optional.
-o
This parameter specifies one or more comma-delimited folders that contain the merge
module files (.msm) that are referenced by your project.
InstallShield provides additional ways for specifying the folders that contain merge
modules. For more information, see Specifying the Directories that Contain Merge
Modules.
-p Pass the path to the project (.ise) file. This path can be fully qualified, relative, or just the
file name. UNC paths are also acceptable. If only the project file name is passed, the file
is retrieved relative to the current working directory. For example:
IsCmdBld.exe -p "C:\InstallShield 2012 Spring
Projects\MyProject1\MyProject1.ise"
This is the only required parameter.
Enclose long file names in quotation marks.
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