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Changing the Product Version During a Build
Chapter 16: Building, Testing, and Distributing Installations
Configuring and Building Releases
Although the product version number in an InstallShield project (.ise) file or a built .msi file cannot be
changed through the command line, it can be done using VBScript. The code sample below changes the
version number in either a built .msi file, or an .ise project file. Changing the .ise file causes all .msi files
built from that .ise file to have that build number in them.
You need to change the C:\Test.msi and 3.54.0154 parts so that they reflect the .msi file (or the .ise file)
and the product version that you want to use. You could update the script so that the VBScript accepts
these parameters as command-line arguments or registry entry values.
Dim pInstaller
Set pInstaller = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
Dim pDatabase
Set pDatabase = pInstaller.OpenDatabase("C:\Test.msi", 2)
pSQL1 = "SELECT `Value` FROM `Property` WHERE `Property` = 'ProductVersion'"
Dim pView1
Set pView1 = pDatabase.OpenView(pSQL1)
pView1.Execute
Dim pRecord1
Set pRecord1 = pView1.Fetch
If (Not pRecord1 Is Nothing) Then
pRecord1.StringData(1) = "3.54.0154"
Else
MsgBox "error"
End If
pView1.Modify 4, pRecord1
pView1.Close
pDatabase.Commit
MsgBox "Done!"
Build Release Location
The disk image folders for your installation are built in the release location. All additional files and
folders necessary for storing uncompressed application files are placed in subfolders of the disk image
folders. The release location is a subfolder of your project’s location.
The release is built in the following folder:
\\Express\\DiskImages\Disk1
The default project location is:
C:\InstallShield 2012 Projects
For example, if the current project name is CoolProject, and the media type for the release is a CD-ROM,
you can find the Disk1 folder under the following location:
C:\InstallShield 2012 Projects\CoolProject\Express\Cd_rom\DiskImages
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