Logging Options for Windows Installer 4.0 and Later Dialog Box

InstallShield 2019

InstallShield displays the Logging Options for Windows Installer 4.0 and Later dialog box when you click the ellipsis button (...) for the Create MSI Logs setting in the General Information view. This dialog box enables you to specify on a project-wide basis—without having to use the command line or configure log parameters through the registry—whether Windows Installer should log your installation. You can also use this dialog box to customize the types of messages that are logged.

Options for the Logging Options for Windows Installer 4.0 and Later Dialog Box

Option

Description

No

Installations are not logged. This is the default value.

Yes (MsiLogging set to default value of voicewarmup)

InstallShield populates the MsiLogging property with the default value of voicewarmup.

If the installation is run on a target system that has Windows Installer 4.0 or later, as well as Windows Vista or later or Windows Server 2008 or later, the following occurs:

• The installer creates a log file according to the default logging mode of voicewarmup.
• The installer populates the MsiLogFileLocation property with the log file’s path.
• A Show the Windows Installer log check box is added to the SetupCompleteSuccess, SetupCompleteError, and SetupInterrupted dialogs. If the end user selects that check box and then clicks Finish, the log file is opened in a text file viewer or editor.

This setting applies to installations that are run with Windows Installer 4.0 or later on Windows Vista and later systems or Windows Server 2008 and later systems. The Show the Windows Installer log check box is not visible in run-time dialogs that are displayed on earlier systems that are running earlier versions of Windows Installer.

Custom MsiLogging value

InstallShield populates the MsiLogging property with the value that you specify in the box.

If the installation is run on a target system that has Windows Installer 4.0 or later, as well as Windows Vista or later or Windows Server 2008 or later, the following occurs:

• The installer creates a log file according to the custom value that you specified in the box.
• The installer populates the MsiLogFileLocation property with the log file’s path.
• A Show the Windows Installer log check box is added to the SetupCompleteSuccess, SetupCompleteError, and SetupInterrupted dialogs. If the end user selects that check box and then clicks Finish, the log file is opened in a text file viewer or editor.

This setting applies to installations that are run with Windows Installer 4.0 or later on Windows Vista and later systems and Windows Server 2008 or later systems. The Show the Windows Installer log check box is not visible in run-time dialogs that are displayed on earlier systems that are running earlier versions of Windows Installer.

Important • The MsiLogFileLocation property is read-only; it cannot be used to set or change the log file location.

See Also

Specifying Whether Windows Installer Installations Should Be Logged

InstallShield 2019 Help Library

April 2019

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