Web Type Panel

InstallShield 2016 » Release Wizard

Project • This panel is not available for InstallScript projects.

The Web Type panel prompts you to select the configuration of your Web installation package.

Panel Options

One Executable

Select this option if you want to build this release as a single self-extracting Setup.exe. This Web type is ideal for a package that is to be downloaded from multiple Web or FTP sites, since the installation package is self-contained, and it does not contain any configuration information that ties it to a specific location.

Note, however, that the entire installation package will be downloaded, so the download size and time will be greater than the Install from the Web type described below.

Downloader

Select this option to build this release as a combination of Setup.exe and your .msi database. With this option, you can specify where your product’s data files should be stored: they can be streamed into the .msi database or stored externally in cabinet (.cab) files. Any .mst and .ini files are embedded in the Setup.exe file.

With the Downloader option, the end user downloads and runs Setup.exe, which in turn downloads and runs the .msi database. If the .cab files are stored externally, only the .cab files that are required, based on the end user’s setup type and feature selections, are downloaded and installed. This minimizes download size and time.

The URL that you specify in the Downloader Options panel of the Release Wizard is used during product maintenance and repair mode.

Install from the Web

Select this option to build this release as a combination of Setup.exe, your .msi database, and external cabinet (.cab) files. Any .mst and .ini files are embedded in the Setup.exe file.

With the Install from the Web option, the end user downloads and runs Setup.exe, which in turn downloads and runs the .msi database; based on the end user’s setup type and feature selections, only the requested .cab files are downloaded and installed, which minimizes download size and time.

The URL that you specify in the Install from the Web Options panel of the Release Wizard is used during product maintenance and repair mode.

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