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Jun 18, 2009

I got the Maintenance email and submitted a request for a download. The email says that we do not need to download if we have the beta and that we can enter the serial number in the Beta. I launched the Beta and in that first dialog I selected the ...

Aug 06, 2013

Here is a tutorial which may help. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3220424/tutorial-for-install-shield-2010-limited-edition-vs-2010You may find LE rather limited, so you might want to consider the following. This may appear overwhelming but is re...

Aug 02, 2013

I implemented Release Flags a long time ago and had to go back and look at it to evaluate your question. I have one project file, which includes all of the possible features and components for all variations. Those features that are common to all ...

Aug 01, 2013

I did not mean to disparage your old MSI by using the term 'broken' to refer to your problem statement "as the older MSI has a custom action to that doesn't allow it to be uninstalled using Upgrades". When an old MSI has a behavior that prevents it ...

Jul 31, 2013

Also in the case of .Net certain versions are side-by-side products and not updates. So yes typically we test for the version we need prior to installing the package (if it is not found). Installing .Net typically takes a long time so we don't want...

Jul 31, 2013

In 10+ years of InstallShield development I do not use any built-in InstallShield tools, rather I use information on Arron Stebner's blog (and other sources) to install the package by calling LaunchAppAndWait.http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/...

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Re: Checking for and Installing .Net Framework

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