Can't create or load Installshield projects in Visual Studio

[laugensen]

I get the following error message in Visual Studio when I try to use Installshield 2012 files:

somename..ism' cannot be opened because its project type (.ism) is not supported by ths version of the application.

To open it, please use a version that supports this type project .

The Visual Studio log shows:

[FONT="Courier New"]VisualStudio
LoadLibrary failed for package [InstallShield 2012 Package]
{AE39794B-B2C0-4242-B922-A14BD0BD41C1}

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C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2012\System\IsDevPkg.dll[/FONT]

I've tried devenv.exe /resetskippkgs and tsconfig.exe /registervsip.
I've tried repairing the IS 2012 Premier installation and the VS 2010 installation, but to no avail. Has anyone else seen this?

[Shuttledude]

Are you using Visual Studio 2010? I can add InstallShield projects by right-clicking the solution node in VS2010, Add / Existing Project / navigate to the project. I can add *.ism or *.issuite projects that way. You don't need the Enterprise version of VS2010, the cheaper Professional version will work. But I don't know if earlier versions (Visual Studio 2008, 2005, 2003) can do this.

[laugensen]

2010, yeah. I just tried your method, and that didn't work either.

[CChong]

Hi,

I have the same problem. Nothing described below helped.
Any ideas how to fix it?