Platforms Tab

InstallShield 2016 » Project Settings Dialog Box

Project • This information applies to the following project types:

InstallScript
InstallScript Object

The Platforms tab on the Settings dialog box is where you specify the platforms that you want to be available when you to select operating system requirements for components or releases in your project.

Note • Specifying platforms at the project level does not create target system requirements for running the installation. To create target system requirements in an InstallScript project, you can use the SYSINFO structure to identify the operating platform of the target system.

The following table shows the settings that are displayed in the Platforms tab.

Platforms Dialog Box Settings for a Project

Setting

Description

The project supports all platforms that InstallShield supports

Select this option if you want InstallShield to list all of the supported run-time platforms for the following settings:

Operating Systems setting at the component level (InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects)
Platform(s) setting at the release level (InstallScript projects)

If you select this option, you can designate that a particular component or release in your project is targeted for any one or more supported platforms.

The project supports only the platforms that are selected below

Select this option if you want InstallShield to list only some platforms that are displayed for the following settings:

Operating Systems setting at the component level (InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects)
Platform(s) setting at the release level (InstallScript projects)

Then select the platforms that should be displayed.

Tip • To select multiple consecutive operating systems, select the first file, press and hold SHIFT, and select the last operating systems. To select multiple nonconsecutive operating systems, select the first operating systems, press and hold CTRL, and select each additional operating systems.

In general, if a platform is not listed for this setting at the project level, you cannot designate that a particular component or release in your project is targeted for that platform.

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