New Project Dialog Box

InstallShield 2024

This dialog box is displayed when you create a new project in InstallShield. In the dialog box, you can select a project type, name your project, and provide a location for the project’s files. After you select a project type and click OK, your project opens in InstallShield.

Project: If you select an installation project such as InstallScript, Basic MSI, MSIX, or InstallScript MSI, the Project Assistant launches to help you create your project.

Dialog Box Tabs

New Project Dialog Box Tabs
Tab	Description
Common	This tab displays some of the most-often-used project types.
InstallScript	This tab displays all of the project types that use the InstallShield installation engine, including the InstallScript installation project. If you previously used InstallShield Professional, you will be familiar with these project types.
Windows Installer	This tab includes projects that use the Microsoft Windows Installer engine, including the Basic MSI installation project.
MSIX	This tab includes projects that use Windows app package format that provides a modern packaging experience of the Windows apps.
All Types	This tab displays all of the project types available in InstallShield. It also includes any project templates that you previously saved, as well as any templates that are available in your repository.

Dialog Box Options

New Project Dialog Box Options
Option	Description
Project Name	Type a name for your project in this box. Project:When you create a Merge Module project, the name that you specify in this box should have 35 characters or fewer. This is because the name that you enter is used with the GUID in the ModuleID field of the ModuleSignature table of your object or module file, and the limit for the name portion of the ModuleID field is a maximum of 35 characters. When you create a DIM project, the name that you specify in this box should have 35 characters or fewer.
Location	Type a location or click Browse to navigate to a project location. To change the default project location displayed, change the Project Location path, which is specified on the File Locations tab of the Options dialog box.
Create the project in Project Name subfolder	Select this check box if you want InstallShield to create a subfolder with your project’s name in your Projects location.