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Task Selecting the locked-down permission type for a project:
1. In the View List under Organize Your Setup, click General Information.
2. In the Locked-Down Permissions setting, select the appropriate option:
Chapter 7: Specifying Installation Information
Configuring General Project Settings
• Custom InstallShield handling—InstallShield adds a custom table and custom actions to your
project to set permissions on the target system. This is the default value.
• Traditional Windows Installer handling—InstallShield uses the LockPermissions table in the
.msi database to store permissions information for your product.
For a detailed comparison of these two options, see Securing Files, Folders, and Registry Keys in a
Locked-Down Environment.
The next time that you configure permissions for a file, folder, or registry key in your project,
InstallShield uses the locked-down permission type that you selected:
• If you selected the traditional Windows Installer handling option, InstallShield uses the
LockPermissions table in your project.
• If you selected the custom InstallShield handling option, InstallShield uses the
ISLockPermissions table in your project; InstallShield also adds the ISLockPermissionsCost and
ISLockPermissionsInstall custom actions to your project.
If you change the value of the Locked-Down Permissions setting but your project already contains
permission settings for files, folders, or registry keys, InstallShield displays a message box that lets you
specify whether you want to migrate the permission data to the appropriate table. If you choose to
migrate the data, InstallShield moves the data to the table that corresponds with the option that you
selected; if you are switching from the custom InstallShield handling option to the traditional Windows
Installer handling option, InstallShield also deletes the ISLockPermissionsCost and
ISLockPermissionsInstall custom actions from your project.
Specifying Whether Windows Installer Installations Should Be
Logged
InstallShield enables you to specify on a project-wide basis whether Windows Installer 4.0 or later
should log your installation. You can also customize the types of messages that are logged.
Task To specify project-wide logging information for Windows Installer 4.0 or later:
1. In the View List under Organize Your Setup, click General Information.
2. Click the Create MSI Logs setting, and then click the ellipsis button (...). The Logging Options
for Windows Installer 4.0 and Later dialog box opens.
3. Select the appropriate option. If you select the custom option, enter the MsiLogging value.
For a list of valid parameters for the MsiLogging value, see MsiLogging Property in the Windows
Installer Help Library.
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