Creating a New Basic MSI Project

InstallShield 2009 » Basic MSI Tutorial

The first step in the tutorial is to create a new Basic MSI project.

Task

To create a new Basic MSI project:

Select New from the File menu, or click the New Project button in the toolbar. The New Project dialog appears.

Click the Windows Installer tab and select the Basic MSI project type.

In the Project Name field, type Tutorial.

Leave the default setting for the Project Location field.

Select the Create the project in Project Name subfolder option.

Click OK to create your project and launch the Project Assistant.

InstallShield creates a project file called ProjectName.ism, in this case creating the project file Tutorial.ism. The project file stores all the settings you make in the InstallShield IDE. To move a project to another machine, copy the .ism file (and the installation source files) to the other system.

Tip

To change the default directory where new project files are created, type a new path in the Project Location field in the Options dialog (File Locations tab).

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