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Contacting Us Flexera Software is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, and has offices worldwide. Chapter 1: Contacting Us For more information about Flexera Software, including office locations and contact information, visit http://www.installshield.com. InstallShield 2012 Express Edition User Guide ISE-1800-UG01 43
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InstallShield 2012 Express Edition
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Contents 1 InstallShield 2012 Expre
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Application Paths . . . . . . . . .
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Contents Creating Subfeatures . . .
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Editing the Registry . . . . . . .
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Contents Configuring Additional IIS
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Page 17 and 18: Contents Redistributable Path Panel
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Page 41 and 42: • Setup Prerequisites vs. Feature
Page 43 and 44: • Adding .NET Framework Redistrib
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Page 67 and 68: Getting Started 2 InstallShield pro
Page 69 and 70: Chapter 2: Getting Started Overview
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Page 81 and 82: Using the List Controls Chapter 2:
Page 83 and 84: How InstallShield Creates the Opera
Page 85 and 86: Default Features Chapter 2: Getting
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Chapter 2: Getting Started Upgradin
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InstallShield Objects Chapter 2: Ge
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Chapter 2: Getting Started Converti
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Chapter 2: Getting Started Converti
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Chapter 2: Getting Started Run-Time
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Chapter 2: Getting Started Supporte
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Tutorials 3 This section contains a
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Basic Tutorial This tutorial is des
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Features Chapter 4: Basic Tutorial
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Customize the Setup Appearance Chap
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Chapter 4: Basic Tutorial Summary 5
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Visual Basic Wizard Tutorial 5 Visu
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Chapter 5: Visual Basic Wizard Tuto
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Creating Installations 6 If you hav
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Before You Begin Chapter 6: Creatin
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Chapter 6: Creating Installations B
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Figure 6-1: Diagram of an Installat
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Chapter 6: Creating Installations B
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Specifying Installation Information
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Setting the Upgrade Code Chapter 7:
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Chapter 7: Specifying Installation
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Task Selecting the locked-down perm
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Chapter 7: Specifying Installation
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8 Organizing Files for Your Install
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Creating Features Chapter 8: Organi
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Displaying Features to End Users Ch
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Chapter 8: Organizing Files for You
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Specifying Hard-Coded Destination D
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Adding Files Dynamically Task To dy
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Configuring Permissions for Files a
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Shipping Redistributable Files Chap
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Task To download a specific Install
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Adding Merge Modules to the Redistr
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InstallShield Program Files Folder\
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Overriding a Merge Module’s Desti
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Redistributable Files The DirectX o
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Task To include support for Crystal
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Table 8-8: Recognized Attributes fo
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Specifying Registry Keys in the El
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Configuring the Target System 9 Eve
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Task To specify the icon for a shor
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Task To create a shortcut that auto
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Chapter 9: Configuring the Target S
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Table 9-4: Registry Flags (cont.) I
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Task To create a file extension ass
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Specifying a Keyword and its Value
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Customizing Installation Behavior 1
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Task To add a license file to your
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Removing Disk1 Files and Folders Ta
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Configuring Servers 11 When you are
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Chapter 11: Configuring Servers Man
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Specifying the IIS Host Header Name
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Task To deploy Web services on a ta
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Defining the End-User Interface 12
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Splash Bitmap Chapter 12: Defining
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Banner Bitmap Chapter 12: Defining
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Chapter 12: Defining the End-User I
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Table 12-1: Custom Setup Dialog Opt
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Changing the Font for Text and Mess
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Configuring Billboard Settings Chap
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Chapter 12: Defining the End-User I
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13 Preparing Installations for Upda
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Adding Mobile Device Support to Ins
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Preparing Installations for Mainten
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Sample Setup.exe Properties Dialog
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Changing the Product Version During
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Chapter 16: Building, Testing, and
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Entries in the [Project] Section Ta
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Table 16-5: MSBuild InstallShield T
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Task To use MSBuild from the comman
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Compressed Size Chapter 16: Buildin
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Certification Authorities Chapter 1
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Task To configure digital signing f
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Chapter 16: Building, Testing, and
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Task To create an .msi file as your
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Distributing Installations Chapter
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Updating Applications 17 Installing
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Chapter 17: Updating Applications U
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Determining the Best Upgrade Soluti
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Chapter 18: Additional Installation
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Table 18-2: Folder Properties (cont
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Table 18-3: Feature Installation Pr
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Table 18-4: Additional Configurable
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Product-Specific Properties Chapter
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Table 18-7: System Folder Propertie
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Table 18-10: Status Properties (con
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Integrating InstallShield with Exte
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Task To add a .NET assembly to your
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Adding InstallShield Projects to Te
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Reference Reference information for
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Menu, Toolbar, and Window Reference
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View Menu Go Menu Chapter 21: Menu,
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Build Menu Tools Menu Chapter 21: M
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Table 21-9: Standard Toolbar Button
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Dialog Box Reference 22 Each of the
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Application Mappings Dialog Box Cha
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Browse for File Dialog Box Chapter
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Setting Software Requirements Chapt
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Dialog Box Settings Table 22-11: Ed
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Table 22-16: Settings for the Gener
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Merge Module Options Tab Quality Ta
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Wizard Reference InstallShield incl
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Engine Access Methods Panel Chapter
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Filter Files Panel Chapter 23: Wiza
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Completing the Dynamic Scanning Wiz
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Import Conflict Options Panel Chapt
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Scan Results Panel Chapter 23: Wiza
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How do you want to look for it? In
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Table 23-41: Available Options for
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View Reference 24 The InstallShield
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• General • Summary Information
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Table 24-3: General Settings (cont.
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Table 24-5: Add or Remove Programs
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Table 24-6: Software Identification
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Table 24-7: Feature Settings (cont.
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Table 24-14: Predefined Destination
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Live Redistributables Gallery Chapt
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