ISDEV : fatal error -4340: Internal build error

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The InstallShield build process may fail presenting ISDEV : fatal error -4340: Internal build error

Symptoms

The InstallShield build process may fail in different ways. This can occur within a Visual Studio solution and outside of Visual Studio integration:

ISDEV : fatal error -4340: Internal build error

Cause

Non-exhaustive list of causes:

Visual Studio Integration
COM extraction

Resolution

To resolve this behavior try the following:

Uninstall and reinstall InstallShield.
Perform the manual Visual Studio integration steps outlined in article: Manually Enable Integration with All Versions of Visual Studio .NET
Investigate components that use COM extraction. As a first step disable all COM extraction in your components to determine this is the cause. Carefully reestablish COM extraction in an effort to identify which component is responsible for the build error. For more information reference: Extracting COM Registration Data at Build Time

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Case id: 00001065