What’s New in InstallShield 2009 SP2

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InstallShield 2009 Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes the following changes:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Support

InstallShield now supports Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008, as described below.

In addition, InstallShield integration with Visual Studio supports Visual Studio 2008 SP1, enabling development of installations and products within the Visual Studio interface.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Prerequisite Available

InstallShield includes two new .NET-related InstallShield prerequisites that you can add to Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI projects:

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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Web Download)

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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Full Package)

To learn more, see Adding .NET Framework Redistributables to Projects.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Support

InstallShield now includes support for running SQL script on SQL Server 2008. In addition, InstallShield includes SQL Server 2008 in the predefined list of database servers that you can select when you are specifying in the SQL Scripts view the target database servers that your product supports.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Prerequisites Available

InstallShield now includes InstallShield prerequisites for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. You can add these InstallShield prerequisites to Basic MSI, and InstallScript MSI projects.

In order to support these new prerequisites, the InstallShield Prerequisite Editor has a new registry condition type.

New Registry Condition Type in the InstallShield Prerequisite Editor

The InstallShield Prerequisite Editor has a new type of condition option called A registry entry has a specified version value. Use this condition type when you want the installation to check the target system to see if a version number that is stored as the value data of a particular registry entry is greater than, less than, or equal to a version number that you specify in the InstallShield Prerequisite Editor. For more information about this new condition, see Prerequisite Condition Dialog Box.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express SP2 (x86 and x64 WOW) Prerequisite Available

InstallShield now includes a new InstallShield prerequisite for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2. This prerequisite installs Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 on 32-bit and 64-bit (WOW) systems. You can add this InstallShield prerequisite to Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI projects.

New FlexNet Connect 11.0.1 Redistributables Available

InstallShield includes support for FlexNet Connect 11.0.1 in Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI projects. Use the Update Notifications view in InstallShield to include one of the two FlexNet Connect 11.0.1 merge modules—one has the Common Software Manager, and the other does not. These merge modules replace the FlexNet Connect 11 merge modules. For details about the changes in the updated merge modules, see the FlexNet Connect release notes.

Additional Changes

For a list of issues that are resolved in InstallShield 2009 SP2, see the release notes. The release notes are available from the Help menu in InstallShield.