Installshield Error 7354 When Building MSI with MoveFile Table Entry
Installshield Error 7354 When Building MSI with MoveFile Table Entry
Summary
Error 7354 occurs when building MSI project with entries in the MoveFile table.
Symptoms
Error 7354 occurs when building MSI project with entries in the MoveFile table using Installshield.
ISDEV : error -7354: The English (United States) value for string 'ID_STRING2' does not contain a legitimate value for table MoveFile column SourceName
Cause
The SourceName column in the MoveFile table should be a Text data type and should not be validated. There is a bug in IS2016 that is trying to validate the value.
Steps To Reproduce
Create BMSI
Add a sample file in Files and Folder view
Navigate to MoveFile table
Add "SampleKey" for FileKey file
Add "AllOtherFiles" for Component_
Add "SourceFile.exe" for SourceName column
Add "SOURCE~1|SourceFile.exe" for DestName column
Add "INSTALLDIR" for SourceFolder column
Add "INSTALLDIR2" for DestFolder column
Add "1" for Options column
Build project
Resolution
Backup the ISWIBuild.dll file at C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2016\System\
Extract the attached file to that location
Restart InstallShield and try building again
Additional Information
The issue is tracked internally under the Work-Order# IOJ-1774403 and the hotfix issued will be included in the future releases of InstallShield. The download of InstallShield 2016 was updated on 9/8/2016 to include this hotfix, the updated version number for ISWIBuild.dll is 23.0.0.290
