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

• Adding .NET Framework Redistributables to Projects
Chapter 1: InstallShield 2012 Express Edition
What Was New in Earlier Versions of InstallShield Express Edition
• Including the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft .NET Framework Language Pack
Prerequisites
Ability to Compress Files that Are Streamed into Setup.exe and to Specify the Compression Level
If you build a release that uses a Setup.exe setup launcher, InstallShield now compresses files that it
streams into the Setup.exe file. The default compression level that InstallShield uses offers a balance
between file size and time that is required to extract the compressed files at run time. If you want to
change the compression level or you do not want to use any compression, you can override the default
level through a machine-wide setting.
By default, InstallShield does not compress any files that have a .cab file extension when it is streaming
them into the Setup.exe file at build time, since .cab files are already a compressed type of file. You can
modify this default compression exclusion list to include other file types or specific files as needed. The
exclusion list is a machine-wide setting.
For more information, see Configuring the Compression Level for Files that Are Streamed into
Setup.exe.
Support for Multi-Part .cab Files
The .cab file type has some limitations. For example, the maximum size of a single .cab file is 2 GB. In
addition, some users have had trouble signing large .cab files and verifying the digital signature of large
signed .cab files. To work around these limitations, InstallShield now has a new default limit of 600 MB
for a .cab file. When InstallShield is creating the .cab files for your release and it reaches the limit, it
splits the data into two or more .cab files, creating multi-part .cab files.
You can modify the maximum size limit if necessary. In addition, if you do not want InstallShield to
create multi-part .cab files, you can configure it to create single .cab files.
This functionality applies to Express projects. In addition, it is applicable only if you are building a
compressed SingleImage release in which all of the files are embedded in the single-file .msi package or
the Setup.exe setup launcher.
For more information, see Configuring the Maximum Size for .cab Files.
Support for Installing IIS 7 Web Sites on Windows Server 2008
InstallShield now lets you create and manage IIS 7 Web sites and virtual directories on Windows Server
2008 systems. This functionality is available in Express projects.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express SP2 Prerequisite Available
InstallShield now includes an InstallShield prerequisite for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
SP2. You can add this InstallShield prerequisite to Express projects.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Support
InstallShield is now integrated with Visual Studio 2008, enabling development of installations and
products within the same Visual Studio interface.
Ability to Convert Visual Studio Setup Projects to InstallShield Projects
InstallShield now lets you convert a Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio .NET 2003,
or Visual Studio .NET setup project (.vdproj) to an Express project (.ise).
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