Events View

InstallShield 2016

Project • The Events view is available in Suite/Advanced UI projects.

Edition • The Advanced UI project type is available in the Professional edition of InstallShield. The Suite/Advanced UI project type is available in the Premier edition of InstallShield. For information about the differences between these two project types, see Advanced UI Projects vs. Suite/Advanced UI Projects.

The Events view enables you to create your own actions and add them to your Suite/Advanced UI project. You can also use this view to schedule an action to occur during one or more run-time events, or you can use the Packages view to schedule an action to occur immediately before or after a specific package in your installation is run.

Tip • Optionally, you can associate actions with wizard interface elements of the Suite/Advanced UI installation. To learn more, see Configuring an Action for an Element in the Wizard Interface.

The Events view has two separate area: an Actions tab and an Events area.

Actions

Use the Actions explorer in the Events view to define and configure actions in your project. You can create actions that run executable files, call DLL functions, run PowerShell scripts, set a Suite/Advanced UI property, run InstallScript code, or call a public method in a managed assembly.

For a description of each action setting, see Events View Settings.

Events

Events direct all of the actions that are performed during install mode, maintenance mode, and stage-only mode. The Suite/Advance UI engine executes actions that are scheduled for an event in the order that they are listed in this view. For descriptions of each type of event, see Types of Events in a Suite/Advanced UI Installation.

See Also

Using Actions to Extend the Behavior of a Suite/Advanced UI Installation

Adding an Action to a Suite/Advanced UI Project

Scheduling a Suite/Advanced UI Action

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