I would like to have different dilaog splash screens and dialog banners per release in one Basic MSI Project. Neither I want to copy the dialogs in any way nor I want to copy the project for the different OEMs. Is there a solution for this issue?
I would prefer a solution like switching the bitmap path via a release flag or something similar, but I'am not quite sure if this is possible since the bitmaps are stored in the binary table.
I don't think we have a good way to do this in InstallShield 2010. However an enhancement in InstallShield 2011 happens to make this pretty easy. See "Ability to Override Path Variables for a Release" in the What's New in InstallShield 2011 article.
Since we are running on an Installshield maintenance plan, I've downloaded the 2011 Premiere version. The new override path variable function for the single releases is exactly what I was looking for.
By trying to use the new Path Variable Overrides feature in Verison 2011, I'am facing the following problem:
Overriding a single path variable works as expected, but as soon as I'am going to override a second path variable in a release, this seems to kill the whole procedure :confused: . After saving and and reopening the project, neither the first nor the second path variable get accessed anymore. When I take a look at the corresponding ISReleaseProperty table entry, IS merged both properties into one record . And in the release view it only shows 1 path variable. Is this a bug, and if, has this already been fixed?
