Summary

Unable to open an InstallShield project in a previous version than created it.

Synopsis

If a project is created in a later version of InstallShield and you attempt to open it in an earlier version, the following error will be seen: 

Discussion

With each new version of InstallShield new features are added or deprecated, fixes are implemented as well as the Schema value altering. These changes alter the MSI table values causing tables to be created,edited and deleted.

These changes can cause many problems when it is used with an older version of InstallShield not aware of these changes.

Workaround

A project which has been created or updated to a version of InstallShield must be opened in that version or upgraded to a later version.