Components View

InstallShield 2019

Project • The Components view is available in the following project types:

Components are installation-authoring elements that help you organize similar application data, such as files, registry entries, and shortcuts, into logical groups. Unlike features, components constitute the developer’s view of a project.

You can create and modify components in the Setup Design view (for installation projects) or the Components view.

Tip • The Components explorer contains nodes for the files, registry data, and so on for each component. If you do not want to see the subordinate nodes when they do not contain data, right-click the top-level explorer and then click Show Only Nodes with Data. When this command is selected, only the nodes that contain data are displayed.

Note • To improve performance, the list displayed in the Files view truncates when there are more than a predefined number of files in a dynamically linked file with subfolders. **List Truncated** appears as the first item in the file list when this occurs. All files contained in the subfolders are built into your project.

Component-Feature Relationships

Components are associated with features in the Setup Design view. For more information, see Associating New Components with Features.

Component Settings

For descriptions of each of the settings that are displayed when you click a component, see Component Settings.

Advanced Settings for a Component

For information about advanced settings that you can configure for a component, see Advanced Settings for a Component.

See Also

Using Components

Separating Applications into Components

Component Creation

Component Key Files

Installation Fundamentals

Removing Files and Folders from Target Systems

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