InstallShield 2025 R2
InstallShield 2025 R2 includes the following enhancements:
| • | Support for Hyperlinks in License Agreement Dialog |
| • | Support for Customer Experience Improvement Program to Collect Telemetry Data |
| • | Automatic Selection of “I Accept the Terms in the License Agreement” Option via Mouse Scrolling |
| • | Visual Studio 2026 Integration in InstallShield 2025 R2 |
Support for Hyperlinks in License Agreement Dialog
Previously, the SdLicenseEx and SdLicense2Ex InstallScript dialog functions could not support the hyperlinks inclusion in the rich text file (.rtf) of the license agreement.
In InstallShield 2025 R2, both InstallScript dialog functions now support the hyperlinks inclusion in the license agreement rich text file. With this enhancement, at run time end users can now click a required hyperlink displayed in the License Agreement dialog to launch or open the defined link target.
The hyperlink support also allows you to provide end users to direct access to external resources, such as detailed license terms, company websites, or related documentation, directly from the license agreement rich text file displayed by the SdLicenseEx or SdLicense2Ex function.
Note:This change was tracked in ISDEV-44568.
Support for Customer Experience Improvement Program to Collect Telemetry Data
InstallShield 2025 R2 introduces a new tab Quality on the Options dialog box in the Tools menu. The Quality tab allows you to configure your participation in the Customer Experience Improvement program for InstallShield. When you opt or configure to participate in this program, you may be invited to accomplish a brief 5-minutes survey pertaining to your InstallShield User Interface usage. After survey completion, all usage data—collected through the Customer Experience Improvement program—is securely transmitted to and processed by Revenera, a division of Flexera Software LLC.
This program is designed to help Revenera team improve the InstallShield reliability, performance, and user experience through the collection of anonymous and telemetry usage data. You can configure your participation for the Customer Experience Improvement program for InstallShield via the following options:
| • | Yes, I’d like to participate (recommended)—Selecting this option enables you to participate in the program. By default, this option is selected. |
| • | No, I don't wish to participate—Selecting this option disables you to participate in the program. |
Users can modify their Customer Experience Improvement program participation at any time via the Tools > Options > Quality tab. An InstallShield IDE is required to restart for the selected options to take effect.
For more information, see ‘Quality Tab’ in the InstallShield Help Library.
Note:This change was tracked in ISDEV-44746.
Automatic Selection of “I Accept the Terms in the License Agreement” Option via Mouse Scrolling
InstallShield 2025 R2 introduces a support for automatically selecting the I accept the terms in the license agreement option on the License Agreement dialog box once the end user reaches the end of the End-User License Agreement (EULA) text in the scrollable EULA control through mouse scrolling.
By default, this automatic selection is not enabled. To enable this functionality, you must configure a SetProperty event on the Memo (ScrollableText) control of the LicenseAgreement dialog.
Once configured, the installer automatically checks the I accept the terms in the license agreement option when the end user reaches the bottom of the EULA text through mouse scrolling, allowing the Next button to be enabled.
For more information, see ‘Requiring End Users to Scroll Through the EULA in the LicenseAgreement Dialog Project’ in the InstallShield Help Library.
Note:This change was tracked in ISDEV-44693.
Visual Studio 2026 Integration in InstallShield 2025 R2
InstallShield 2025 R2 supports seamless integration with Visual Studio 2026, allowing you to create and manage InstallShield projects directly from the latest Visual Studio IDE.
With the Visual Studio 2026 integration, you can:
| • | Create new InstallShield projects in Visual Studio 2026. |
| • | Edit InstallShield projects in Visual Studio 2026. |
| • | Upgrade projects to the latest version of InstallShield. |
| • | Build projects from the Visual Studio 2026 IDE and from the x64 MSBuild. |
Note:This change was tracked in ISDEV-44878.