Script Changes: Lexicon Conversion

InstallShield 2019

Terminology Change

In InstallShield Professional, the functional building blocks of your installation from the end user’s perspective were called components. With InstallShield 2019, these building blocks are called features.

Because of this change in terminology, a number of InstallScript function names have also changed. When you upgrade a project that you created using InstallShield Professional, some items in your script might undergo a lexicon change or be aliased.

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Function Names

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ComponentFileInfo (FeatureFileInfo) Flags

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ComponentSetData (FeatureSetData) and ComponentGetData (FeatureGetData) Flags

Function Names

Any InstallScript function name that referred to component now refers to feature. For example, ComponentDialog is now FeatureDialog. The parameters for these functions have not changed. Click a feature function to view the corresponding help topic.

Function Name Changes
Component Function	Feature Function
ComponentAddItem	FeatureAddItem
ComponentCompareSizeRequired	FeatureCompareSizeRequired
ComponentDialog	FeatureDialog
ComponentError	FeatureError
ComponentErrorInfo	FeatureErrorInfo
ComponentFileEnum	FeatureFileEnum
ComponentFileInfo	FeatureFileInfo
ComponentFilterLanguage	FeatureFilterLanguage
ComponentFilterOS	FeatureFilterOS
ComponentGetData	FeatureGetData
ComponentGetItemSize	FeatureGetItemSize
ComponentGetTotalCost	FeatureGetTotalCost
ComponentInitialize	FeatureInitialize
ComponentIsItemSelected	FeatureIsItemSelected
ComponentListItems	FeatureListItems
ComponentLoadTarget	FeatureLoadTarget
ComponentMoveData	FeatureMoveData
ComponentPatch	FeaturePatch
ComponentReinstall	FeatureReinstall
ComponentRemoveAll	FeatureRemoveAll
ComponentRemoveAllInLogOnly	FeatureRemoveAllInLogOnly
ComponentRemoveAllInMedia	FeatureRemoveAllInMedia
ComponentRemoveAllInMediaAndLog	FeatureRemoveAllInMediaAndLog
ComponentSaveTarget	FeatureSaveTarget
ComponentSelectItem	FeatureSelectItem
ComponentSelectNew	FeatureSelectNew
ComponentSetData	FeatureSetData
ComponentSetTarget	FeatureSetTarget
ComponentSetupTypeEnum	FeatureSetupTypeEnum
ComponentSetupTypeGetData	FeatureSetupTypeGetData
ComponentSetupTypeSet	FeatureSetupTypeSet
ComponentTotalSize	FeatureTotalSize
ComponentTransferData	FeatureTransferData
ComponentUpdate	FeatureUpdate
ComponentValidate	FeatureValidate
SdComponentDialog	SdFeatureDialog
SdComponentDialogAdv	SdFeatureDialogAdv
SdComponentMult	SdFeatureMult
SdComponentTree	SdFeatureTree

ComponentFileInfo (FeatureFileInfo) Flags

Flags that you used with the ComponentFileInfo (now FeatureFileInfo) function in InstallShield Professional are converted to reflect their use with features in InstallShield 2019.

ComponentFileInfo Flags
Deprecated Flag	New Flag
COMPONENT_INFO_ATTRIBUTE	FEATURE_INFO_ATTRIBUTE
COMPONENT_INFO_LANGUAGE	FEATURE_INFO_LANGUAGE
COMPONENT_INFO_OS	FEATURE_INFO_OS
COMPONENT_INFO_ORIGSIZE	FEATURE_INFO_ORIGSIZE
COMPONENT_INFO_COMPSIZE COMPONENT_INFO_DATE COMPONENT_INFO_DATE_EX COMPONENT_INFO_TIME	Note • The flags that are not available return -137, which indicates that the option is not functional. You can use the FeatureError function to provide more information about the return value.
COMPONENT_INFO_VERSIONLS	FEATURE_INFO_VERSIONLS
COMPONENT_INFO_VERSIONMS	FEATURE_INFO_VERSIONMS
COMPONENT_INFO_VERSIONSTR	FEATURE_INFO_VERSIONSTR

ComponentSetData (FeatureSetData) and ComponentGetData (FeatureGetData) Flags

Flags that you used with the ComponentSetData and ComponentGetData (now FeatureSetData and FeatureGetData) functions in InstallShield Professional are converted to reflect their use with features in InstallShield 2019.

Deprecated ComponentSetData and ComponentGetData Flags
Deprecated Flag	New Flag
COMPONENT_FIELD_CDROM_FOLDER	FEATURE_FIELD_CDROM_FOLDER
COMPONENT_FIELD_DESCRIPTION	FEATURE_FIELD_DESCRIPTION
COMPONENT_FIELD_DISPLAYNAME	FEATURE_FIELD_DISPLAYNAME
COMPONENT_FIELD_FILENEED	FEATURE__FIELD_FILENEED
COMPONENT_FIELD_FTPLOCATION	FEATURE_FIELD_FTPLOCATION
COMPONENT_FIELD_HTTPLOCATION	FEATURE_FIELD_HTTPLOCATION
COMPONENT_FIELD_IMAGE	FEATURE_FIELD_IMAGE
COMPONENT_FIELD_MISC	FEATURE_FIELD_MISC
COMPONENT_FIELD_PASSWORD	FEATURE_FIELD_PASSWORD
COMPONENT_FIELD_SELECTED	FEATURE_FIELD_SELECTED
COMPONENT_FIELD_SIZE	FEATURE_FIELD_SIZE
COMPONENT_FIELD_STATUS	FEATURE_FIELD_STATUS
COMPONENT_FIELD_VISIBLE	FEATURE_FIELD_VISIBLE
COMPONENT_VALUE_CRITICAL	FEATURE_VALUE__CRITICAL
COMPONENT_VALUE_HIGHLYRECOMMENDED	FEATURE_VALUE__HIGHLYRECOMMENDED
COMPONENT_VALUE__STANDARD	FEATURE_VALUE_STANDARD

Script Changes: Lexicon Conversion

InstallShield 2019 Help Library

April 2019