Entering Binary Data in a Table

InstallShield 2019

Project • This information applies to the following project types:

When you are working in any of the following Windows Installer–based project types, you are working in project edit mode: Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module, and QuickPatch. In project edit mode, tables such as the Binary, Icon, and Patch tables do not store binary data; they store links to build-source paths. Therefore, if you use the Direct Editor to edit these tables, ensure that you include the fully qualified path and file name. Otherwise, InstallShield cannot include the file in the release that it builds.

When you are working in any of the following Windows Installer–based project types, you are working in direct edit mode: MSI Database, MSM Database, and Transform. In these project types, tables such as the Binary, Icon, and Patch tables store binary data. If you use the Direct Editor to edit these tables, InstallShield enables you to browse to select the file that should be streamed into the table.

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