Creating a New Basic MSI Project
InstallShield 2024 » Basic MSI Tutorial
The first step in the tutorial is to create a new Basic MSI project.
To create a new Basic MSI project:
| 1. | On the File menu, click New, or click the New Project button in the toolbar. The New Project dialog box opens. |
| 2. | Click the Windows Installer tab and select the Basic MSI project type. |
| 3. | In the Project Name field, enter Tutorial. |
| 4. | In the Location setting, leave the default value. |
| 5. | Select the Create the project in ‘Project Name’ subfolder check box. |
| 6. | Click OK. |
InstallShield creates and opens your project.
InstallShield creates a project file called ProjectName.ism, or in this case, Tutorial.ism. The project file stores all of the settings that you configure in InstallShield. To move a project to another machine, copy the .ism file (and the installation source files) to the other system.
Tip:To change the default directory where new project files are created, open the Options dialog box (available when you click Options on the Tools menu). On the File Locations tab, in the Location setting, enter a new path.