Folder Settings

Enter a key name for the folder. The key name is the internal name that is used for the folder in the Directory column of the Directory table; it is not displayed to end users.

Enter the name of the folder as it should appear on the target system.

When you type a value for this setting, you are creating a string entry and setting its initial value for all of the languages that are currently in the project. As an alternative to typing a new value, you can click the ellipsis button (...) in this setting to select an existing string. For more information, see Using String Entries in InstallShield.

Project • For Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module, MSI Database, MSM Database, and Transform projects—You must enter a value for this setting; otherwise, a build error occurs.

The display name is of the Windows Installer DefaultDir data type. If the display name that you enter has more than eight characters, InstallShield uses the ShortName|LongName format for this setting. For example, if you enter My Product Name as the value in this setting, InstallShield sets the value to MyProd~1|My Product Name, or something similar, so that a short name is available at run time if needed.

For InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects—You can enter the group name system variable <SHELL_OBJECT_FOLDER> as the display name for your folder. You can then define the display name of this folder at run time by setting the system variable SHELL_OBJECT_FOLDER in InstallScript. To use this functionality in an InstallScript MSI installation, any letters that are specified for the Key Name setting of the folder must be all uppercase (for example, NEWFOLDER1). For more information, see SHELL_OBJECT_FOLDER.