Adding an Extension Condition DLL to an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI Project

InstallShield 2024

Project: This information applies to the following project types:

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Advanced UI

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Suite/Advanced UI

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.

Once you have created an extension condition DLL, you can add it to your project.

To add an extension condition DLL to an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI project:

Find the setting for the detection condition, eligibility condition, or other condition in your project that you want to use your extension condition DLL.

To learn more about setting up these conditions, see Building Conditional Statements in Advanced UI and Suite/Advanced UI Projects.

If necessary, add an Any, All, or None operator to the condition group.

In the Any, All, or None setting, click the New Condition button and then click Browse for an Extension Condition DLL. The Open dialog box opens.

Select the extension condition DLL that you created, and then click Open. The Configure Extension Condition dialog box opens.

Note that the DLL must be written according to the instructions in Creating an Extension Condition DLL for an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI Project.

Click the condition that you want to use. InstallShield adds the DLL to your project as a support file. InstallShield also adds a new row for the condition. The row consists of two fields. The left field of this row uses the following syntax to describe your condition:

ExtensionDLLName:Condition

where ExtensionDLLName is the name of the DLL file, but without the .dll part of the name.

The right field of this row is a read-only field that shows the parameter-and-value pairs that you have defined for the condition. This setting also contains an Add Parameter button, which lets you define parameters and their values, as well as a Delete this condition button, which lets you delete the extension condition.

To add a parameter and value, click the Add Parameter button in the right field of the extension condition row. The Configure Extension Condition dialog box opens.

Enter the name of the parameter, and then click OK. InstallShield adds a new row for the parameter. Configure the value of the parameter in the field on the right.