Using Custom Folder Names for Packages in Advanced UI and Suite/Advanced UI Installations
InstallShield 2024
Project:
| • | Advanced UI |
| • | 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.
When you build an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI installation, InstallShield creates a folder for each package that is included in the installation; these folders are created in the same folder that contains the Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI setup launcher. By default, the name of each folder is a GUID that InstallShield generates.
The Packages view in InstallShield now lets you override the GUID name with a user-friendly name for each package folder.
To specify your own text for the name of a package folder:
| 1. | In the View List under Organization, click Packages. |
| 2. | In the Packages explorer, expand the node for the package whose folder name you want to customize. |
| 3. | Right-click the Package Files folder, and then click Rename. |
Note:If you leave the default name (Package Files), InstallShield uses a GUID for the name of the package folder.
| 4. | Enter a new name for the folder. If you customize more than one package folder name, ensure that each folder name is different. |
At build time, InstallShield uses the text that you entered instead of a GUID for the name of the package folder when creating the release.
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