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Overview: InstallShield Visual C++ Wizard

The InstallShield Visual C++ Wizard lets you quickly create an InstallShield setup project that installs your application and properly handles any file dependencies. The wizard has the following three panels:

Welcome

Specify a Visual C++ 6 project.

Application Information

Review and change application information.

Summary

Review information about the files used by your application, create the InstallShield setup project, and open it in the InstallShield IDE.

Feedback


Welcome panel

Lets you specify the Visual C++ 6 project for which you wish to create an InstallShield setup project.

Controls

Visual C++ Project (combo box)

Enter the fully qualified name of the project’s Developer Studio workspace file (.dsw file), or select from the dropdown list of recently used projects.

Browse (button)

Opens a dialog box in which you can select the project’s .dsw file.

Feedback


Application Information panel

Lets you review and change the application information the wizard extracts from your Visual C++ 6 project for use in InstallShield setup project. To accept the information extracted by the wizard, click the Next button.

Controls

Application Name (edit box)

The name of your application.

Company Name (edit box)

The name of your company (as retrieved from the registry).

Application Type (edit box)

The type of your application.

Application Version (edit box)

The version number of your application.

Application Executable (edit box)

The main executable file of your application.

Feedback


Summary panel

Displays information about the files used by your application and lets you create an InstallShield setup project.

Controls

InstallShield File Groups (list box)

Displays how the files are organized in file groups when your InstallShield setup project is created. The file group organization is based on file type and destination folder on the target system.

Finish (button)

Creates the setup project and opens it in the InstallShield IDE.

Feedback


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