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Chapter 1: Contacting Us 44 ISE-1800-UG01 InstallShield 2012 Express Edition User Guide
Getting Started 2 InstallShield provides powerful features and time-saving tools that make authoring reliable Windows Installer installations easy. The InstallShield Help Library is a resource that will help you harness the full potential of InstallShield. The help topics you might want to read first depend upon your previous experience with InstallShield installation-authoring software. The table below directs you to various topics based on your level of experience. Table 2-1: Getting Started Road Map Level of Familiarity Top Help Topics You have not created installations previously. To learn general information about installations, refer to the following topics: • Installation Fundamentals • Application Lifecycle You are new to InstallShield. If you have created installations previously but you do not have experience using InstallShield, see the following topics: You have used other Flexera Software products. • Working with the InstallShield Interface • Working with Projects • Tutorials • Creating Installations for Mobile Devices • Supported Application Programming Languages If you have used other products from Flexera Software, refer to any of the following topics: • Upgrading from Earlier Versions of InstallShield • Upgrading to the Premier or Professional Editions of InstallShield • Project Assistant • Overview of Installations InstallShield 2012 Express Edition User Guide ISE-1800-UG01 45
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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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Digitally Signing a Release and Its
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Chapter 2: Getting Started Run-Time
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Chapter 2: Getting Started Supporte
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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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Visual Basic Wizard Tutorial 5 Visu
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Creating Installations 6 If you hav
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Figure 6-1: Diagram of an Installat
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Specifying Installation Information
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Task Selecting the locked-down perm
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Creating Features Chapter 8: Organi
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Specifying Hard-Coded Destination D
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Specifying Registry Keys in the El
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How do you want to look for it? In
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