What’s New in InstallShield 2022
InstallShield includes the following new features:
| • | New Features in InstallShield 2022 R2 |
| • | New Features in InstallShield 2022 R1 |
New Features in InstallShield 2022 R2
For information about new features added in InstallShield 2022 R2, refer to the following section:
Visual Studio 2022 Integration in InstallShield 2022 R2
InstallShield 2022 R2 supports creating, editing, upgrading, and building projects in Visual Studio 2022.
The following is a summary of Visual Studio 2022 integration with InstallShield 2022 R2:
| • | Support for creating new InstallShield projects in Visual Studio 2022. |
| • | Support for editing InstallShield projects in Visual Studio 2022. |
| • | Support for upgrading projects to the latest version of InstallShield. |
| • | Support for building projects from the Visual Studio 2022 IDE and from the x64 MSBuild. |
Note:Support for InstallScript projects from Visual Studio 2022 is planned in future releases of InstallShield.
New Features in InstallShield 2022 R1
For information about new features added in InstallShield 2022 R1, refer to the following section:
| • | Support for Custom Declarations in MSIX |
| • | Visual Studio 2022 Integration in InstallShield 2022 R1 |
Support for Custom Declarations in MSIX
Support for custom declarations has been added in MSIX project.
By default, the Declarations view in MSIX project supports many built-in application and package extension types. In addition to this, a Custom Declaration feature further helps to define the MSIX extensions that are not provided out of the box in InstallShield. The Custom Declaration menu provides the options to define the required extension type by specifying its namespace and the content. InstallShield build process considers these customizations while preparing the MSIX manifest file. For more information and examples, refer to InstallShield product documentation.
Visual Studio 2022 Integration in InstallShield 2022 R1
InstallShield now supports integration with Visual Studio 2022. This integration is planned in phases. InstallShield 2022 R1 supports opening, upgrading, and building projects in Visual Studio 2022.
The following is a summary of Visual Studio 2022 Integration with InstallShield 2022 R1:
| • | Support for opening existing projects in Visual Studio 2022 |
| • | Support for upgrading projects to the latest version of InstallShield |
| • | Support for building projects from the Visual Studio 2022 IDE and from the x64 MSBuild. |
Note:Visual Studio 2022 is now being released as a 64-bit application as opposed to 32-bit in previous releases—hence, the phased delivery of the integration.
Note:Support for InstallScript projects and ability to create new InstallShield projects from Visual Studio 2022 is planned in future releases of InstallShield.
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