How to make an MSI with Visual Studio 2012 and Installshield LE

Question

I\'ve been given a Visual Studio solution someone else made. It has an installer project using Installshield LE. The installer builds fine but it makes an exe and I\'m suppo

Answer 1

Go to step 6 and drill down to the Single Image release type. Set Compression on the build tab to yes and set setup launcher on the setup.exe tab to no. Build this release.

Answer 2

I've solved it by using the following

• By using SingleImage as the build type

• Under - Setup.exe tab (Build | Setup.exe | Signing)

• Select Setup Launcher = No.

The build from InstallShield will come out as a .MSI file under

(\RELEASE_PROJECT\Express\SingleImage\DiskImages\DISK1)

Answer 3

Thanks for the help, guys. These tips sorted my issue.

After so many 1990s-looking releases, its amazing that InstallShield finally went to the trouble to make their Visual Studio integration so friendly... yet hid this vital option away.

I'm adding a screenshot, to help other users.