InstallShield 2016
InstallShield extends some standard Windows Installer tables for increased functionality. Following is a listing of the tables affected, columns added, and descriptions of the data to be placed in the new fields.
| Table Name | Column Name | Description | ||||||||||||
| AdminExecuteSequence | ISComments | Author’s comments on this Sequence. | ||||||||||||
| AdminUISequence | ISComments | Author’s comments on this Sequence. | ||||||||||||
| AdvtExecuteSequence | ISComments | Author’s comments on this Sequence. | ||||||||||||
| AdvtUISequence | ISComments | Author’s comments on this Sequence. | ||||||||||||
| Binary | ISBuildSourcePath | Full path to the ICO or EXE file. | ||||||||||||
| Component | ISAttributes | This is used to store InstallShield custom properties of a component. Currently the only one is ExtractAtBuild. | ||||||||||||
| Component | ISComments | User Comments. | ||||||||||||
| Control | ISWindowStyle | A 32-bit word that specifies non-MSI window styles to be applied to this control. | ||||||||||||
| Control | ISControlId | A number used to represent the control ID of the Control. Used in Dialog export. | ||||||||||||
| CustomAction | ISComments | Author’s comments for this custom action. | ||||||||||||
| Dialog | ISComments | Author’s comments for this dialog. | ||||||||||||
| Dialog | ISWindowStyle | A 32-bit word that specifies non-MSI window styles to be applied to this control. This is only used in Script Based Setups. | ||||||||||||
| Dialog | ISResourceId | A Number that specifies the Dialog ID to be used in Dialog Export. | ||||||||||||
| Directory | ISDescription | Description of the folder. | ||||||||||||
| Feature | ISReleaseFlags | Release Flags that specify whether this feature will be built in a particular release. | ||||||||||||
| Feature | ISComments | Comments. | ||||||||||||
| File | ISBuildSourcePath | Full path, the category is of Text instead of Path because of potential use of path variables. | ||||||||||||
| File | ISAttributes | This field contains the following attributes: 
 
 
 
 The UseSystemSettings(0x1) attribute is no longer used. | ||||||||||||
| Icon | ISBuildSourcePath | Full path to the ICO or EXE file. | ||||||||||||
| Icon | ISIconIndex | Optional icon index to be extracted. | ||||||||||||
| InstallExecuteSequence | ISComments | Author’s comments on this Sequence. | ||||||||||||
| InstallUISequence | ISComments | Author’s comments on this Sequence. | ||||||||||||
| Patch | ISBuildSourcePath | Full path to patch header. | ||||||||||||
| ProgId | ISAttributes | This is used to store InstallShield custom properties of a component, like ExtractIcon, etc. | ||||||||||||
| Property | ISComments | User Comments. | ||||||||||||
| Registry | ISAttributes | This is used to store InstallShield custom properties of a registry item. Currently the only one is Automatic. | ||||||||||||
| Shortcut | ISComments | Author’s comments on this shortcut. | 
See Also
| InstallShield 2016 Help LibraryAugust 2016 | Copyright Information | Flexera Software |