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Manually Enable Integration with All Versions of Visual Studio .NET
Manually Enable Integration with All Versions of Visual Studio .NET
Summary
This article discusses the manual steps necessary to enable integration between InstallShield and Visual Studio .NET so that InstallShield projects can be created and added to Visual Studio .NET Solutions.Synopsis
This article discusses the manual steps necessary to enable integration between InstallShield and Visual Studio .NET so that InstallShield projects can be created and added to Visual Studio .NET Solutions.
Discussion
Generally the installation of InstallShield will perform the integration with supported versions of Visual Studio .NET if they are present. However, it could be possible that Visual Studio.NET is installed after installing a version of InstallShield or that the integration somehow became disabled. In this case it is possible to use the following steps to integrate InstallShield with Visual Studio.NET:
- Use
RegSvr32.exe
to registerIsDevEdt.dll
,IsDevPkg.dll
, andIsDevWiz.dll
which are found in theSystem
sub-directory of the main InstallShield installation directory location. - Locate
devenv.exe
corresponding to the version of Visual Studio.NET you are interested in. For example, InstallShield 12 supports Visual Studio.NET 2005 and this is located in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE
- Run
devenv.exe /setup
in a command prompt (DOS) window.
InstallShield Express users should substituteIsExpEdt.dll
,IsExpPkg.dll
, andIsExpWiz.dll
in Step 1.
Related KB Articles
Q209060Q106541
Additional Information
Only certain versions of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET are supported with specific versions of InstallShield products. For example:
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 is supported by InstallShield 11.5 and later
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 is supported by InstallShield X and later
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 is supported by InstallShield Developer
If your version is not listed above, please review the Release Notes for your particular release as this contains the most current information.
For an alternative approach to enabling Visual Studio .NET integration in Related KB Articles section, see the Knowledge Base Q106541: INFO: Enabling Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Integration article.
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