InstallShield 2012 Express Edition User Guide - Knowledge Base ...

Chapter 1: InstallShield 2012 Express Edition
What Was New in Earlier Versions of InstallShield Express Edition
The existing support for converting a Visual Studio project into a new InstallShield project has been
expanded. If your Visual Studio project contains predefined prerequisites, InstallShield now converts
them to equivalent InstallShield prerequisites during the conversion process. This same prerequisite
conversion functionality is available if you use the new wizard to import a Visual Studio project into an
InstallShield project.
If your Visual Studio project contains one or more project outputs, use the import wizard instead of the
conversion process. The InstallShield project must be in the same Visual Studio solution that contains
the Visual Studio setup or merge module project and all of its project dependencies. Note that you must
be using InstallShield from within Visual Studio when you use the import wizard in order for the wizard
to import the project outputs into your InstallShield project.
To learn more, see the following:
• Converting or Importing Visual Studio Projects into InstallShield Projects
• Visual Studio Deployment Project Import Wizard
Predefined System Searches for SQL Server 2008 Express SP1 and Adobe Reader 9
InstallShield has new predefined system searches:
• SQL Server 2008 Express SP1
• Adobe Reader 9
If your installation requires one or both of these, 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.
This feature applies to Express projects.
Ability to Configure MIME Types for IIS Web Sites, Applications, and Virtual Directories
The Internet Information Services view has a new MIME Types setting that you can configure for a Web
site, application, or virtual directory in your project. This setting lets you identify the types of content
that can be served from the Web server on the target system to a browser or mail client.
This feature applies to the Express project.
For more information, see:
• MIME Types setting for a Web site
• MIME Types setting for an application or virtual directory
Support for Looping Through Image Billboards
The Billboards view has a new Loop Billboards setting that lets you specify whether you want your
installation to continuously loop the image billboards until the file transfer completes and the
installation displays the appropriate Setup Complete dialog.
If you select Yes for this setting and the file transfer takes more time than you have allocated for the
billboards, the installation restarts the display of billboards from the beginning. The loop continues, if
necessary, until the file transfer ends. The default value for this setting is No, which matches the
behavior in earlier versions of InstallShield.
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