Identifying Application Dependencies

InstallShield 2018

Project • This information applies to the following project types:

Basic MSI
InstallScript
InstallScript MSI

A file often relies on functions in other files to perform a task. However, you may not be aware of all these other files—known as dependencies—when you include your application’s files in your installation project. InstallShield offers scanning wizards to assist you in identifying and working with these files. You can access these scanners in the Dependency Scanners view.

Available Scanning Wizards

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Description

Static Scanning Wizard

Looks at portable executable files (for example, .exe, .ocx, .com, .tlb, .hlp, and .chm) in your project and checks for dependencies that they may require.

Dynamic Scanning Wizard

Monitors your system while an executable file is running and checks for .dll or .ocx files that may be required by the executable file.

Any files that are added to a Basic MSI or InstallScript MSI project through one of these scanners are added in accordance with Setup Best Practices.

If you use the Static and Dynamic scanning wizards, you can specify files that you want to be included or excluded automatically any time that you perform a static or dynamic scan through InstallShield. For more information, see Filtering Files in Dependency Scanners.

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