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kmisniak2
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Installscript MSI vs Basic MSI

Hello, we would like to use InstallScript MSI project type for our installers. Are there any disadvantages comparing to Basic MSI? Has Basic MSI something that is missing in InstallScript MSI?

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Jenifer
Flexera Alumni

Hi @kmisniak2 ,

 

You won't miss anything in InstallScript MSI other getting additional functions like UI/dialogs customization since installscript MSI uses its own engine for launching msi than MSI engine.

Basic MSI: Preferred by enterprise organizations for its integration with the operating system and with deployment systems such as Active Directory/Group Policy and SMS. Basic MSI installations present a common installation, rollback, and uninstallation experience, along with consistent transformation and silent-install mechanisms. Being able to deploy or advertise an installer from an MSI package is such a common enterprise requirement that the industry of repackaging/application readiness has sprung up to support it.

InstallScript MSI: A hybrid project type that uses Windows Installer for data transfer and InstallScript for the user interface. Since enterprises tend to deploy installers so that they skip the user interface, this project type offers no significant benefit over Basic MSI projects for them.

Below link can tell you differences between these 2 projects:

https://community.flexera.com/t5/InstallShield-Knowledge-Base/What-Are-the-Differences-Between-Basic-MSI-and-InstallScript-MSI/ta-p/4639

 

Thanks,

Jenifer

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