Symptoms InstallShield or AdminStudio fails to open and the following message is presented: "The code execution cannot proceed because mfc140u.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem." Cause mfc140u.dll is part of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 redistributable that is included with the InstallShield installer and may not have installed successfully during the initial installation. Resolution You can download this redistributable using the link below: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145 InstallShield uses the x86 version of this redistributable. ... View more

Symptoms InstallShield or AdminStudio fails to open and the following message is presented: "The code execution cannot proceed because mfc140u.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem." Cause mfc140u.dll is part of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 redistributable that is included with the InstallShield installer and may not have installed successfully during the initial installation. Resolution You can download this redistributable using the link below: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145 InstallShield uses the x86 version of this redistributable. ... View more

Summary This article describes how to deploy web services to a target machine. Synopsis Deploying a Web service onto a target system requires copying the Web service?specific files to a particular location and assigning a virtual directory name for that folder so that the Web service can be accessed via HTTP. Discussion To deploy a Web service on a target machine: 1. In the View List under Application Data, click Files and Folders. 2. Select the folder (target directory) for installing files on the target system. Add your files to this folder. 3. In the View List under Server Configuration, click Internet Information Services. 4. In the Web Sites explorer, select the virtual directory that is associated with the Web service. 5. In the Content Source Path (Local or UNC) setting, click the ellipsis button (...). The Browse for Directory dialog box opens. Enter the same target directory as the one that contains the new files that you added in the Files and Folders view. At installation, files are copied to the target directory folder. In addition, the virtual directory is configured for that folder on the target system if IIS is present. Additional Information Creating a Web Site and Adding an Application or a Virtual Directory Internet Information Services View ... View more

Summary Steps on how to add files to a Component in a Basic MSI Project. Synopsis You can add a group of files to a component only if they satisfy all of the following criteria: ? All files have the same destination folder. ? All files should be installed with the same conditions (including operating system and language). Create new components organized around your files? installation needs and component properties. You should also be aware of Setup Best Practices when adding files to a component. Setup Best Practices helps you to write clean installations and distribute reusable components effectively. **All of the files in a component must share the same component settings. Discussion Methods for Adding Files to Components The way in which you add files to a component varies slightly depending on how you create your component . The sections below discuss how to associate files with components based on the way in which the component was created. Creating a New Component in InstallShield When you create a component by right-clicking in the Setup Design view (for installation projects) or the Components view, first select the component?s Files item to view its file list. Use one of the following methods to associate files with this component: ? Drag and drop files from Windows Explorer onto the file list. ? Right-click in the file list and click Add. In the resulting dialog box, browse to select as many files as you want to add from that folder. Click Open. Creating a New Component Using the Component Wizard If you use the Component Wizard to create a component, you can add files to the component in the Files panel. Use one of the following methods to associate files with this component: ? Drag and drop files from Windows Explorer onto the file list. ? Right-click in the file list and click Add. In the resulting dialog box, browse to select as many files as you want to add from that folder. Click Open. InstallShield creates links to your application?s files. These links are used to locate the files when you build a release of your installation. If any of these links becomes invalid, File Not Found appears next to the file. All of the above methods for adding files link the files statically, which means that the file links do not change if new files are added to or removed from the source folder. For an alternative to static linking, see Adding Dynamic File Links to Components . Additional Information See Also Setup Best Practices ... View more

Summary A reference guide to the InstallShield Prerequisite Editor Synopsis An InstallShield prerequisite is an installation for a product or technology framework that is required by your product. Some examples of InstallShield prerequisites that are included with InstallShield are Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and SQL Server Express Edition. You can add any of the existing InstallShield prerequisites to your installation projects and configure many of their settings. You can also create your own InstallShield prerequisites, and add them to your projects. Discussion To open the InstallShield Prerequisite Editor: On the Tools menu, click Prerequisite Editor. To open an existing prerequisite in the InstallShield Prerequisite Editor, do one of the following: 1. On the File menu, click Open. The Open dialog box opens. 2. Select the file by browsing and click Open. The following tabs are associated with the InstallShield Prerequisite Editor: Properties Conditions Files to Include Application to Run Behavior Dependencies Additional Information Defining InstallShield Prerequisites Working with InstallShield Prerequisites that Are Included in Installation Projects Adding InstallShield Prerequisites, Merge Modules, and Objects to Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI Projects Specifying the Installation Order of InstallShield Prerequisites Specifying the Run-Time Location for InstallShield Prerequisites at the Release Level Including InstallShield Prerequisites (.prq) in an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI Project . ... View more