InstallShield 2016
Edition • The InstallShield MSI tools are included with the Premier and Professional editions of InstallShield. The Premier edition also includes a separate installation and extra licenses that let you install just the tools, without InstallShield, on separate machines. For specific terms, see the End-User License Agreement for the InstallShield MSI tools.
InstallShield includes tools that help you troubleshoot complex issues with Windows Installer packages:
| • | InstallShield MSI Diff enables you to quickly compare two .msi, .msm, or .pcp files. It lets you apply one or more .msp and .mst files to an .msi file and see the changes in the resulting .msi database. You can also use this tool to compare two InstallShield project files (.ism or .ise) that are saved in binary format. This tool uses color coding to show additions, modifications, deletions, and schema differences. You can easily integrate InstallShield MSI Diff with most source code control systems. |
| • | InstallShield MSI Query lets you test SQL statements using the Windows Installer version of SQL before you run them in your build script. You can quickly see if a SQL statement is formatted correctly and view the results that it generates. |
| • | InstallShield MSI Sleuth is a diagnostic tool that lets you view the current installed state of a target system. InstallShield MSI Sleuth displays a list of all of the .msi packages that are installed. You can click any .msi package in the list to see the status of its features and components, its known source locations, as well as tables and binary streams within the database. This tool also helps you identify the installed product or products whose packages contain a specific component code. |
| • | InstallShield MSI Grep searches a collection of .msi and .msm packages for specific text. You can narrow the search to show results for only certain tables or columns. |
You can launch any of these tools from the InstallShield Tools subfolder on the Windows Start menu.
Note • All of these tools require .NET Framework 2.0 to be installed.
InstallShield 2016 Help LibraryAugust 2016 |
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