Upgrading Projects Created with InstallShield Express

InstallShield 2024

If you have an InstallShield project that was created using versions 2.1 through 5.x of InstallShield Express, that project is automatically upgraded to a Basic MSI project when you open it in InstallShield 2024. InstallShield 2024 converts InstallShield Express projects to a Basic MSI project because it is the comparable project type.

To learn how to convert your upgraded project to an InstallScript MSI project, see Converting a Basic MSI Project to an InstallScript MSI Project.

To upgrade an Express project:

Open the project in InstallShield. A dialog box opens to ask if you would like to upgrade your project.

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Click Yes to upgrade your project. Your project opens in InstallShield.

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Click No to leave the project unopened.

A backup copy of your original project is created and stored in the location specified in the dialog box.

InstallShield 2024 preserves the logic and dialog of the Setup Types view when it migrates Express 2.x projects (.iwz) to a Basic MSI project in InstallShield 2024. In earlier versions of Express, setup types were based on components. In Express 2.x projects (.iwz), components were replaced by features, and file groups are now mapped to destination folders instead of components.

When you upgrade an Express 2.x project (.iwz) to a Basic MSI project in InstallShield 2024, you can edit setup types by changing a feature’s Install Level property and dialog control events.

Note:Billboard properties from Express projects will not be migrated since they are not supported in Basic MSI projects. You will receive warning 701 when the billboards property is specified in earlier Express projects.

If you migrate an Express project with a language that is not installed with your current version of InstallShield, you will lose support for that language. Language support is available in the Premier edition of InstallShield.