Basing New Projects on Templates

InstallShield 2016

To save time, you can base multiple projects on a single project template that contains default settings and design elements. The template can be stored somewhere on your system. It can also be stored in a repository.

To create a project using a template as a starting point:

1. On the File menu, click New. The New Project dialog box opens.
2. Click the All Types tab.
3. Select the template that you want to use.

Note • To display templates that are stored in a repository, right-click in the box of project types and ensure that Show Templates in Repository is enabled. To add a template to the tab, right-click in the box of project types and then click Add New Template. Then browse to the desired template file (.ist file).

4. In the Project Name box, type a name for your project.
5. In the Location box, type the path to the directory where you want to store your template, or click the Browse button to find it.
6. Click OK. InstallShield creates the new project based on the template that you selected, and the new project is opened in InstallShield.

The new project is virtually identical to the project template, except that InstallShield generates a new product code (for installation projects), package code, and upgrade code (for Windows Installer–based installation projects), and a module ID for merge module projects.

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