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Apr 09, 2008
11:23 AM
BASIC MSI - icon file missing after compiling ISM
In my Basic MSI project I go to Direct Editor and select the Icon table.
I click in the table and create a new record.
I specify a name for the icon: AppIcon.exe
I click in the binary table and point to a .ico file.
I then press F7 to build my setup.
After the setup builds I open my MSI using Orca and check the Icon table and the Icon is not listed.
What am I missing to get these icons placed in the setup? I checked the MSDN article on the Icon table and nothing there stands out to me.
I can add the icon in question to the binary table without any problems. However, it seems I am missing something significant for the icon table. Basically I am trying to add the icons to the icon table at design time so that I can dynamically create new shortcuts at runtime based on product features installed.
I click in the table and create a new record.
I specify a name for the icon: AppIcon.exe
I click in the binary table and point to a .ico file.
I then press F7 to build my setup.
After the setup builds I open my MSI using Orca and check the Icon table and the Icon is not listed.
What am I missing to get these icons placed in the setup? I checked the MSDN article on the Icon table and nothing there stands out to me.
I can add the icon in question to the binary table without any problems. However, it seems I am missing something significant for the icon table. Basically I am trying to add the icons to the icon table at design time so that I can dynamically create new shortcuts at runtime based on product features installed.
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Apr 09, 2008
11:42 AM
I just created a new test project. Unless the icon is associated with a component somewhere it appears that InstallShield is dropping the entry from the table.
If this is a design decision on the part of InstallShield I consider it a pretty poor design decision.
If this is a design decision on the part of InstallShield I consider it a pretty poor design decision.
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