Don't want to install system library files in my application folder

[gkriggs]

Hello,

I'm trying to create an install package for a .NET 3.5 application. InstallShield is pulling in and installing the system files from the .NET 3.5 framework (e.g. System.Core.dll, System.Runtime.Serialization.dll, System.Xml.Linq.dll, etc.) and putting them in my destination directory. In the build output I see a bunch of lines "Adding file '...' that is a dependency of component '...'") Is there any way to tell InstallShield not to do that?

Thanks,
Greg

[MichaelU]

You can add these files to \Support\Filters.xml - see http://kb.acresso.com/doc/Helpnet/installshield15helplib/IHelpISXScannerFilterINIFormat.htm for more details.

[Christopher_Pai]

As an aside, I can't reproduce this problem on IS2009. However, if I could, I suspect just setting .NET Scan at Build to "Properties Only" would solve the problem. Personally I dislike automated dependency scanners....

[MichaelU]

That's expected - we updated the default list for IS2009. So that's an alternate answer - evaluate IS2009 and copy the updated Filters.xml, or otherwise get your hands on it.

[gkriggs]

Thanks, that worked; I just needed to make sure to make the filenames all lowercase.
- Greg