Summary

Synopsis

The sample automation script that Installshield ships with its products are written in VBScript. However, any language that provides automation support should work. This article provides just a small piece of C# code that retrieves the ProductName from a Product Configuration.

Discussion

To use the automation interface in C#, you must declare private IswiAuto21.ISWiProject ISWiProject before using the automation code. If you are using a Windows Application, this might best be declared in the Form's class. For example:

public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
     {
          private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
          private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1private IswiAuto20.ISWiProject ISWiProject;
          ...
          ...
     }

After this, you can begin using the object. This sample code is being called in a pushbutton's click event on the form and populates a label on the same form with the Product Name.

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
     {ISWiProject = new IswiAuto20.ISWiProject();
          ISWiProject.OpenProject("C:\\ProductA.ism",false);
          label1.Text = ISWiProject.ISWiProductConfigs[1].get_ProductName();
          ISWiProject.CloseProject();
     }

Additional Information

InstallShield 2010: ISWiAuto16.ISWiProject

InstallShield 2009: ISWiAuto115.ISWiProject