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Command-Line Tools
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In addition to its graphical user interface, InstallShield provides several command-line applications that
you can use during build time, for instance, as part of a batch process, or during run time to customize
the behavior of your installation. This section describes the command-line parameters for those
applications.
• IsCmdBld.exe
• MsiExec.exe
• Setup.exe
IsCmdBld.exe
You can build a release from the command line using ISCmdBld.exe for Express projects.
Syntax
The following statement illustrates running ISCmdBld.exe to build the release Othello Beta:
ISCmdBld.exe -p "C:\InstallShield 2012 Projects\My Othello Project\Othello.ise" -r
"SingleImage" -c COMP
The first parameter in the example above, starting with -p, is the path to the .ise file that you would like
to build. Next, -r Othello Beta is the type of media. The parameter -c COMP specifies that you would like
your package to be compressed into one file.
If a command-line build completes without any errors, InstallShield sets the environment variable
ERRORLEVEL to 0. If an error occurs during a command-line build, ERRORLEVEL is set to 1. If
ERRORLEVEL is set to any other value, this typically indicates an invalid parameter was passed to
ISCmdBld.exe, and the specific cause of the error is displayed in the Command Prompt window in which
ISCmdBld.exe was running.
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