Errors and Warnings
InstallShield 2020
The following topics in the InstallShield Help Library provide information about errors and warnings that might occur when you are working with your installation.
| Topic | Description | |||||||||
| Lists errors and warnings that might occur during the build process. | ||||||||||
| Lists InstallScript compiler errors and warnings. | ||||||||||
| Lists errors that might occur when you use the Open MSI/MSM Wizard to convert an installation package (.msi file) or merge module (.msm file) to an InstallShield project (.ism file). | ||||||||||
| Lists Windows Installer errors that might occur during run time. The errors are related to the built-in InstallShield custom actions that are added automatically to InstallShield projects to support some types of functionality. | ||||||||||
| Setup.exe Return Values and Run-Time Errors (InstallScript Projects) | Lists the errors that might occur when Setup.exe runs for InstallScript installations. | |||||||||
| Setup.exe Return Values and Run-Time Errors (Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI Projects) | Lists the errors that might occur when Setup.exe runs for Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI installations. | |||||||||
| Setup.exe Return Values and Run-Time Errors (Advanced UI and Suite/Advanced UI Projects) | Lists return codes, errors, and logged status codes that might occur when an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI Setup.exe installation is run. | |||||||||
| Lists the errors and warnings that might occur when you do any of the following: 
 
 
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| Lists errors that might occur when you upgrade a project created with InstallShield Professional. | ||||||||||
| Upgrade Warnings (Upgrading from InstallShield Professional) | Lists warnings that might occur when you upgrade a project created with InstallShield Professional. | |||||||||
| Upgrade Errors and Warnings (Upgrading from InstallShield—Windows Installer Edition) | Lists errors and warnings that might occur when you upgrade a project (.ism file) created with a version of InstallShield—Windows Installer Edition. | |||||||||
| Provides descriptions for InstallShield custom HRESULT codes provided with Windows Installer errors 1904 and 1905. | ||||||||||
| Describes each of the DIFxAPI errors that can be returned when DIFx driver functions are called. | ||||||||||
| Provides description of when this error can occur and what steps you should take to correct it. | ||||||||||
| Provides descriptions for InstallScript errors and warnings. | ||||||||||
| Lists errors and warnings that might occur during the build process when you are creating a virtual application. | 
In-depth articles about errors and warnings are available in the Knowledge Base.
See Also
Windows Installer Error Messages (Windows Installer Help Library)