Installing Windows Service using Installshield 2013 LE for Visual Studio
Hi, I post in this forum category since I seem to not be authorized to view the LE forum.
I´m having my first experience with Installshield and I have spent several hours trying to achieve something that was very easily done using the old Visual Studio installer.
I´m trying to install an executable as a Windows Service. In the previous Installshield 2012 LE version, when the "Services" configuration was not available, I checked the "Installer" checkbox on the executable files properties window. The file was installed as a service but unfortunately when trying to upgrade a project, I received 1001 errors which according to other forum threads indicates that the service already exists (since the application is already installed).
I now migrated to the Install Shield 2013 LE BETA and instead of using the installer checkbox, I´m using the Services section below "Configure the Target system". But still, the service is not installed (!). I have tried the following scenarios, all with service name set accordingly:
Using for example InstallUtil or SC commands, I can create the service with no issues so it´s nothing wrong with the executable itself.
Also, I´m having issues understanding the proper way of handling automatic uninstalls when a never version is installed. How do I properly configura my executables and Installshield for this in terms of: * EXE version * InstallShield "General Information" version * Installshield Product Version GUID * Installshield Product Upgrade GUID * Installshield Upgrade paths * etc.
EDIT: If the solution is to change product code, do I need to create an upgrade path with a corresponding product id for EACH old file?
