InstallShield Start Page

InstallShield 2024

The InstallShield Start Page provides quick access to product information, to recently opened projects, and to InstallShield resources. The Start Page includes the following sections:

Sections on the Start Page

Section

Description

Project Tasks

Click a project task to quickly create a new project, open an existing project, or browse to one of the sample projects included with the InstallShield installation.

Help Topics

Frequently accessed help topics are listed in this section. To access the entire InstallShield Help Library from the Start Page, press F1 or click the Help Library link in the Resources section.

(Recently Opened Projects)

The section in the middle of the Start Page lists your most recently accessed projects, the project types, and the dates on which they were last modified.

Getting Started

Click the Getting Started heading for guidance on what areas of the InstallShield Help Library to read, based on your level of experience with InstallShield and installation-authoring tools.

Resources

The Resources section contains a number of links to connect you to helpful InstallShield information.

• Help Library—Displays the InstallShield documentation.
• InstallShield Community—Provides a Web-based forum where you can join other InstallShield users, post questions, and search for answers.
• Webinars—Directs you to free Web-based seminars that help you evaluate InstallShield and gain the most from your Revenera products.
• Downloads—Offers a place where you can download the latest InstallShield prerequisites, InstallShield merge modules, and objects; service packs; patches; and more for the version of InstallShield that you are using.
• Release Notes—Connects you to the release notes that are posted to the Knowledge Base on the Revenera Web site.
• Known Issues—Displays the Knowledge Base article that lists the known issues for the version of InstallShield that you are using and provides information about workarounds and resolutions.
• Upgrade Alerts—Displays the Knowledge Base article that provides information about possible issues that may occur when you upgrade projects that were created with earlier versions of InstallShield to InstallShield 2024. It also alerts you to possible changes in behavior that you may notice between new InstallShield 2024 projects and projects that are upgraded from earlier versions.
• RSS Feeds—Directs you to the Web page where you can subscribe to RSS feeds of InstallShield Knowledge Base articles.

Contact Us

To access the Support area of the Revenera Web site, click one of the links listed in this section.