InstallShield Table Reference

InstallShield 2016

The following table lists some InstallShield tables that add specific functionality to your application. Click a link for more information about a specific table.

InstallShield Table Names and Descriptions
Table Name	Project Type	Description
ISAlias	Basic MSI, InstallScript, InstallScript MSI, InstallScript Object	This table contains alias information used when an InstallShield Professional project is converted to a Windows Installer–based project or an InstallScript project in the latest version of InstallShield.
ISComCatalogAttribute	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	This table contains information about COM+ catalog attributes. Each entry has a foreign key to a ISComCatalogObject table entry to which the attribute belongs.
ISComCatalogCollection	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	This table contains information about COM+ catalog collections. A COM+ catalog collection is a folder of a same type of COM+ catalog objects. For example, the COM+ applications item, the Components item, and the Legacy Components item in the Component Services view are the COM+ catalog collections. Each entry has a foreign key to a ISComCatalogObject table entry to which the collection belongs.
ISComCatalogCollectionObject	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	This table contains information about COM+ catalog collections where COM+ catalog objects belong.
ISComCatalogObject	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	This table contains information about COM+ catalog objects. A COM+ catalog object is an item that is contained within a COM+ catalog collection. Each entry has the display name.
ISComPlusApplication	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	This table contains information about a COM+ application. A COM+ application is a COM+ catalog object with extra information. This table has application specific information and a foreign key to a ISComCatalogObject table entry which has the basic information.
ISCustomActionReference	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	This table contains information about the behavior of each of the custom actions that are included in the installation.
ISIISItem	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	This table contains information about each IIS element (Web site, application, virtual directory, application pool, and Web service extension) that is configured in the Internet Information Services view.
ISIISProperty	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	This table contains values for settings that are configured in the Internet Information Services view.
ISProductConfigurationInstance	Basic MSI	This table provides support for installing multiple instances of a product in the same context on the same machine.
ISSelfReg	Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module	If you have selected ISSelfReg as the self-registration method for COM servers, and if your project contains any files (or dynamic links) marked as self-registered, InstallShield adds information about those files to the ISSelfReg table of your .msi database.

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