InstallScript View

InstallShield 2015

Project: The InstallScript view is available in the following project types:

Basic MSI
InstallScript
InstallScript MSI
InstallScript Object
Merge Module
Suite/Advanced UI

The InstallScript view enables you to customize your setup script using the InstallScript language.

Files, Functions, Properties, and Methods Folders

The InstallScript explorer in the center pane of the InstallScript view contains the following folders:

Folders in the InstallScript View

Folder

Project Type

Description

Files

Basic MSI, Merge Module, InstallScript MSI, InstallScript, InstallScript Object, Suite/Advanced UI

The Files folder lists all of your script (.rul) files. Click a script file to display its contents in the script editor.

Your setup script must be named Setup.rul. You can include files with different names, but they must be included in Setup.rul with the #include preprocessor statement.

Functions

Basic MSI, Merge Module, InstallScript MSI, InstallScript, InstallScript Object, Suite/Advanced UI

The Functions folder contains a list of the InstallScript functions in all of the script files of your project. Click a function to display that function in the script editor.

Note: If auto completion for local variables is disabled in the script editor, the Functions folder does not list any functions from your script files. To learn how to enable auto completion for local variables, see Enabling or Disabling Auto Completion in the Script Editors.

Properties

InstallScript, InstallScript Object

The Properties folder contains a list of the InstallScript properties in all of the script files of your project. Click a property to display that property’s declaration in the script editor. (The property’s procedures are listed in the Functions folder.)

Note: If auto completion for local variables is disabled in the script editor, the Properties folder does not list any properties from your script files. To learn how to enable auto completion for local variables, see Enabling or Disabling Auto Completion in the Script Editors.

Methods

InstallScript Object

The Methods folder contains a list of the InstallScript methods in all of the script files of your project. Click a method to display that method in the script editor.

Note: If auto completion for local variables is disabled in the script editor, the Methods folder does not list any methods from your script files. To learn how to enable auto completion for local variables, see Enabling or Disabling Auto Completion in the Script Editors.

Script Editor

Clicking an item under any of the folders in the InstallScript view displays the script editor in the right pane in the InstallShield interface. To learn more, see Script Editor in the InstallScript View.

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