Organization View
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Project:
The Organization view is available in the following project types:
The first step in building anything is to lay a solid foundation. The base of your project is formed by specifying application information through the General Information view and—for installation projects—creating features in the Features view.
Setup Design
Project:
The Setup Design view is available in the following project types:
The most important step in designing any setup is to lay out the various elements, the “building blocks” of the installation. You need to think both from your user’s perspective as well as your own. The Setup Design view gives you a full look at your setup and all the features, components, and redistributables associated with it.
Features
Project:
The Features view is available in the following project types:
Features are the building blocks of your installation. They represent a distinct piece of your application—such as program files, help files, or clip art—to your end users. You can create features and subfeatures in the Features view.
Components
Project:
The Components view is available in the following project types:
Components are setup-authoring tools that help you organize similar application data, such as files, registry entries, and shortcuts, into logical groups. Unlike features, they constitute the developer’s view of a project.
Setup Types
Project:
The Setup Types view is available in the following project types:
Setup types offer your customers multiple configurations of your applications. Generally, these configurations include Complete and Custom. Setup types allows your users to choose the best configuration for their needs. This view is available only for InstallScript and InstallScript MSI setup projects.
Packages
Project:
The Packages view is available in the following project types:
Edition:The Advanced UI project type is available in the Professional edition of InstallShield. The Suite/Advanced UI project type is available in the Premier edition of InstallShield. For information about the differences between these two project types, see Advanced UI Projects vs. Suite/Advanced UI Projects.
Use the Packages view to add packages and InstallShield prerequisites that you want to include in your Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation. This view is also where you define conditions for each package, associate each package with one or more Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI features, and configure other settings for each package.
DIM References
Project:
The DIM References view is available in the following project type:
Use the DIM References view to manage all of the DIM references in your project, view any specific instructions that are required for the referenced DIMs, and associate each referenced DIM with one or more features. This view also lets you schedule the DIM’s custom actions and dialogs in the Basic MSI installation’s sequences.
See Also
Setup Design View
Features View
Components View
Setup Types View
Packages View
DIM References View