Opening InstallShield Projects in Microsoft Visual Studio

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InstallShield is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio. From within the Visual Studio workspace, you can open InstallShield installations for solutions.

To open an InstallShield project from within Microsoft Visual Studio:

1. On the File menu, point to Open, and choose Project to display the Open Project dialog.
2. Browse to the InstallShield file you want to open, and select it.
3. Click Open.

Note: From within Microsoft Visual Studio, you can open only .ism files created with InstallShield X or later, InstallShield DevStudio, InstallShield Developer, InstallShield—Windows Installer Edition, or InstallShield Express, version 3.x or later. Files created in InstallShield Professional or pre-3.x versions of InstallShield Express cannot be opened.

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