Installshield generate autorun inf

Therefore, if you select this check box, it is recommended that your build machine have the latest hardware to minimize the time that it takes for the build to complete. This setting is used only if your release is configured to compress some or all of its files into. If you used test values for any of your path variables, you can set those variables to their actual values at this time.

A text file called Autorun. You can edit this file to add additional AutoPlay options or to pass command-line parameters to MsiExec. AutoPlay will not work in the disk image folders on your development system, because it is enabled only in root drives. Note also that users can turn off AutoPlay on their own systems. To create a package definition file. If you select this check box, InstallShield creates a version 2.

If you want the Windows Installer database, along with any instance or language transforms, to be built using the UTF-8 encoding, select this check box. The UTF-8 encoding supports characters from all languages simultaneously, enabling you to mix and match, for example, Japanese and German, or Russian and Polish, both in text shown to end users and in file names and registry keys.

These mixed languages work correctly regardless of the current language of the target system. However, some scenarios result in user interface issues. This option does not let you mix characters from languages in different code pages.

For example, if you select Compressed for the Compression setting, you select Yes for the Setup Launcher setting, and you are building a Network Image release, your data files are compressed into. If you select Uncompressed for the Compression setting, you select No for the Setup Launcher setting, and you are building a CD-ROM release that fits on one CD-ROM and uses automatic disk spanning, your data files are left uncompressed in a subfolder of the folder that contains the.

Available options are:. Important: Using compression generally decreases the size of your compressed files, but the build process may take more time to complete. Depending on the number and size of the files being compressed, the LZX compression and the build may take hours to complete.

Therefore, if you select the LZX option, it is recommended that your build machine have the latest hardware to minimize the time that it takes for the build to complete. Specify whether the compiled script file.

Optionally specify any preprocessor variable definitions. Preprocessor variable definitions that are specified here apply only to the current release; they are not used when compiling the script for other releases. Use the following format, with no spaces before or after equals signs or commas:. Such variables can be tested in the script by if and ifdef statements that control the flow of the script.

Entering the name of a preprocessor variable for this setting defines the variable. After you add or change a preprocessor variable definition for this setting, you must compile your installation for the addition or change to take effect. This read-only setting indicates how your installation is spread across different disks.

Important: Multi-disk installations cannot be run from a non-removable media for example, from a hard drive. If you want to test an installation that spans disks, you need to put the installation on your target media. If you do not, the installation will fail because of a limitation of the Windows Installer. Select the file name format that should be used to determine how the paths of your files are stored in the. InstallShield stores the option that you specify in your.

If your installation will be distributed on media that does not support long file names, such as a UNIX server, select the Short File Names option. If the release is specific to one or more platforms, use this setting to indicate the platforms: click the value of this setting, and then click the ellipsis If the platform specified for a component does not match one of the platforms that is selected for this setting, the component is not included in the release.

The default value for this setting is Use Project Settings. This value indicates that the release supports the platforms that are specified at the project level. You can modify this setting through the Media Layout panel in the Release Wizard.

If you want to include certain components and exclude others based on the language that is selected for each component, click the ellipsis button If the language specified for a component does not match one of the languages that is selected for this setting, InstallShield does not include the component in the release.

This setting lets you specify which user interface languages you want to include in a release. To select the appropriate languages, click the ellipsis button Note that if a language is not selected in the Setup Languages setting in the General Information view of the project, it is not listed as one of the available languages for the UI Languages setting. Use this setting if you want to include certain components and exclude others based on the language that is selected for each component.

This setting also lets you specify which user interface languages you want to include in a release. In addition, if a UI language that is included in the project does not match one of the languages that is selected for this setting, InstallShield does not include the UI strings in the release.

Note that if a language is not selected in the General Information view of a project, it is not listed as one of the available languages for the Language s setting. For more information, see Setting the Default Project Language. Specify whether you want your installation to display the language selection dialog when the installation is run with a full user interface. To learn more, see Creating a Setup Launcher. Build UTF-8 Database. Specify whether you want the Windows Installer database, along with any instance or language transforms, to be built using the UTF-8 encoding.

The UTF-8 encoding supports characters from all languages simultaneously, enabling you to mix and match, for example, Japanese and German, or Russian and Polish, both in text shown to end users and in file names and registry keys. These mixed languages work correctly regardless of the current language of the target system. Important: As documented in Microsoft KB , the Windows Installer does not fully support UTF-8 databases; therefore, some scenarios result in user interface issues.

This option does not let you mix characters from languages in different code pages. Enter the fully qualified path to a previous release. This setting corresponds to the Patch Optimization setting in the Release Wizard. Note: If your package uses dynamic file linking, it is recommended that you specify a previous package in this setting so that the file keys are consistent across releases. For more information, see Upgrade Considerations.

Indicate whether you want InstallShield to populate the MsiFileHash table for every unversioned file in your build. If you have already populated the MsiFileHash table for a particular file, the build uses that information instead of generating the information at build time.

If you want InstallShield to create the. InstallShield creates a text file called Autorun. You can edit this file to add additional AutoPlay options or to pass command-line parameters to MsiExec.

Release flags enable you to customize your installation by including or excluding certain items in each release. Enter the flags that you would like to include in this release. There are two sections that are currently defined for Autorun.

Note The Shell checks for an architecture-specific section first. If it does not find one, it uses the information in the [autorun] section. After the Shell finds a section, it ignores all others, so each section must be self-contained. Each section contains a series of commands that determine how the Autorun operation takes place.

There are five commands available. The following is an example of a simple Autorun. It specifies Filename. The second icon in Filename. You can use the [DeviceInstall] section on any removable media.

It is supported only under Windows XP.