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Chapter 2: Getting Started
Project Assistant
To ensure that the end user understands the legal requirements associated with installing your software,
your installation can present an End-User License Agreement (EULA) in the License Agreement dialog
during run time. The EULA is a legal contract between you and the end user, with regard to the use of
your software.
The License Agreement dialog displays your license agreement text and contains Yes and No options. If
the end user does not agree to accept the EULA, your software is not installed and the installation
terminates.
Task To add a License Agreement dialog to your project in the Project Assistant:
1. In the Project Assistant, open the Installation Interview page.
2. Select Yes to indicate that you want to add a License Agreement dialog.
3. Type the path to your license agreement file or browse to the file. The file must be a rich text format
(.rtf) file.
Creating Selectively Installable Installations
You can allow your end users to select which portions of your installation they want to install to their
systems. This is a custom installation, which provides a list of the available features within your
installation. The end user can select the features to install in a dialog presented at run time.
For example, your installation might contain your application’s executable (.exe) file, a documentation
(.chm) file, and a samples file. All of these files are contained in different features, which are provided in
an option list to the end user. If the end user needs only the application, they can select to install the
executable file, but not the documentation or samples file.
Build Installation Page
Tip: The following instructions apply to releases that are built within InstallShield (without integration with Visual Studio).
For information on building an InstallShield release from within Visual Studio, see Building Releases in Microsoft Visual
Studio.
The Build Installation page lets you specify what type of distribution you want to build and, optionally,
the location to which you want to copy the distribution files. It also enables you to digitally sign the
package.
Building Your Installation from the Project Assistant
Tip: The following instructions apply to releases that are built within InstallShield (without integration with Visual Studio).
For information on building an InstallShield release from within Visual Studio, see Building Releases in Microsoft Visual
Studio.
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