InstallShield

Currently, we use a small utility that makes use of Windows scripts to embed language transforms into our .msi package. The scripts are wilanguid and wisubstg.vbs. So, once embeded, the install can be called like this to show the different languages....

msiexec .i path\to\installer.msi TRANSFORMS=:languageId

The colon indicates that the transform is embedded I believe.

My question is, is there a release option in the InstallShield IDE to automatically embed the transforms as opposed to the need to maintain the external utility?

If not, that would be a fairly nifty option to have I think.

Any help or guidance appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has a solution to hide the Setup Status text (and a white block) in the installation progress window?

We've recently changed logo, giving us a full width bitmap at the top of the window. However, our installation status window now looks a little messy as 1) we have "Setup Status" appearing into the bitmap as well as 2) an offset bitmap resulting in a strange white block?

Our installer steps look correct (with no white block) and we'd like the installation dialog (with the progress bar) to look the same (as below)

Is there a way to alter the Setup Status dialog?

I've been through the InstallScript but I can't see any place where this dialog is altered by us, though the default bitmap is being set correctly in the script:

szBmpPath=SUPPORTDIR ^ "ourcompany.bmp";

SdInit(); 

DialogSetInfo (DLG_INFO_ALTIMAGE, szBmpPath, TRUE);

Any help appreciated!

When I create a web MSI for IIS (Basic MSI), the folder does not install into the wwwroot directory.

In the General Information section, the INSTALLDIR variable is correctly set to "[IISROOTFOLDER]MyWebSite".

In the Internet Information Services view, under Web Sites, the "Content Source Path [Local or UNC]" property contains the variable "[INSTALLDIR]".

And in System Search, IISROOTFOLDER is correctly retrieved from the registry key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InetStp\PathWWWRoot". The MinorVersion and MajorVersion variables are also being retrieved.

Am I missing something?

I am using InstallShield 2025 R1 Premier Edition.

I also tried using IISScan.exe to retrieve information about a website, but it returns the error: "The website 'MyWebSite' was not found."

Is there a fix for broken hyperlinks in build error codes? 

Example: Error code  -6090 = https://community.flexera.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?filter=includeTkbs,location&q=%22-6090%22&include_tkbs=true&location=board:InstallShield-Knowledge&collapse_discussion=true

At work we handle moved API pages by adding redirects instead of just letting the links break.

Most advice for copying a dialog was to start in Dialogs>Dialogs>All Dialogs.

Right-click on the dialog that I want to copy then select the Edit option from the context menu.

Then use the Direct Editor > Dialog view to customize it (new ID and name).  

In the install script I copied the existing AskOptions function ((found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2022\Script\Isrt\src folder) and modified it to become my test AskOptionsCustom function.

When I run my project, the dialog displays no options, but does display the buttons. 

Further it is not skinned (which is bizarre because AskOptions is a skinnable dialog).

Is there a fundamental problem attempting to use the Dialog's Edit option for my purpose?

If I had used the "Clone" option instead, would I have had better success with that? BTW, the Clone option appears to be completely undocumented.

Any help will be appreciated.