Windows Installer Property Reference
InstallShield 2020
Many properties can be set during an installation. The following tables list most of them with their functions and, in many cases, the syntax needed to put these properties into action. Many of the properties can be set from within InstallShield, while others are initialized by the Windows Installer service at run time.
Note:By default, Windows Installer writes the final value of every Windows Installer property contained in your project to a log file generated by launching MsiExec with the /L argument. Starting with Windows Installer version 2.0, you can prevent certain properties (such as those containing passwords) from being written to the log file by creating a property called MsiHiddenProperties in the Property Manager and setting its value to a semicolon-delimited list of property names. For more information about this property, see MsiHiddenProperties in the Windows Installer Help Library.
Any of the properties that are with all-uppercase names can be set at the command line. Properties with all-uppercase names are called public properties. The following lists are organized according to the functions of the properties. Each table has a brief description of the kinds of properties it contains.
The following categories of Windows Installer properties are described in this topic. Click a link to go directly to a category.
| • | Special Folder and File Properties |
| • | Feature Installation Properties |
| • | Other Configurable Properties |
| • | User-Supplied Information |
| • | Properties for Creating Predetermined User Accounts |
| • | Product-Specific Properties |
| • | System Folders Set by the Installer |
| • | Operating System Properties Set by the Installer |
| • | Hardware Properties Set by the Installer |
| • | PowerShell Properties |
| • | Virtual Machine Properties |
| • | Status Properties Updated by the Installer |
| • | Date and Time Properties |
| • | InstallScript Engine-Related Properties |
| • | SQL-Related Properties |
| • | MDAC Properties |
Note:Do not confuse installer properties with path variables, which are surrounded by angle brackets (<>). While they both represent directories, you can use Windows Installer properties at run time, but path variables are used to point to source files only during setup design and at build time.
Special Folder and File Properties
Special folder properties are those properties that define where files are stored or installed on the target system. File properties refer to specific files.
To use a folder property in your installation, enclose it in square brackets: []. For example, to install a component to a Bin folder under the default destination folder, enter [INSTALLDIR]Bin in the component’s Destination Folder setting.
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This property contains the default destination folder for the files in your features and components. For more information, see Setting the Default Product Destination Folder (INSTALLDIR). INSTALLDIR is available directly as a variable in your InstallScript code. |
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To generate a log file for the feature prerequisites in the installation, set this property to the full path and file name for the log file. You can use directory properties and environment variables in the path. This property is used for troubleshooting feature prerequisites, and it is typically set through the command line when the /debuglog command-line parameter is used, as follows: Setup.exe /debuglog"C:\Path\setup.log" /v"ISDEBUGLOG=prereq.log" |
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ISPREREQDIR |
This property identifies the path to the running InstallShield prerequisite. The path includes the final slash. You can use this property to refer to files within the InstallShield prerequisite—for example: [ISPREREQDIR]MyConfigFile.ini For more information, see Specifying Command-Line Parameters for an InstallShield Prerequisite. |
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This property stores the path to Setup.exe. For example, if the path to Setup.exe is C:\MySetups\MyApp\Setup.exe, the value of SETUPEXEDIR is C:\MySetups\MyApp. For more information, see SETUPEXEDIR. |
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SETUPEXENAME |
This property identifies the name of the setup launcher file that was created when the project was built. The installation updates the value of this property at run time if the setup launcher file was renamed. The following path identifies the full path to this file: [SETUPEXEDIR]\[SETUPEXENAME] |
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This property stores the folder where the running .msi file is located. |
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The TARGETDIR property is the location where the Windows Installer package is copied (and its data files uncompressed) during an Administrative installation. In an InstallScript MSI project, this value is represented by the InstallScript MSI_TARGETDIR variable. |
Feature Installation Properties
The following section provides information on feature installation properties, with which the end user can specify how features should be installed.
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ADDDEFAULT |
The ADDDEFAULT property stores a list of features, separated by commas, that are to be installed in their default configuration. Users can install all features in their default configuration by setting the value of this property to ALL. |
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ADDLOCAL |
This property stores a list of features, separated by commas, that are to be installed locally. Each feature has a Remote Installation property that determines whether features selected for installation are to be installed locally or run from the source medium. |
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ADDSOURCE |
This property stores a list of features, separated by commas, that are to be run from the source medium. If this property is set to ALL, all the features will run from the source medium. |
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This property stores a list of features, separated by commas, that are to be advertised. |
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This property stores a list of features, separated by commas, that are to be reinstalled. If REINSTALL is set to ALL, all of the features that are already installed on the user’s system will be reinstalled. |
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This property contains a string of letters that specify the reinstall type. These options correspond to the values available for the Msiexec.exe /f command-line parameter. For more information on this property, see REINSTALLMODE Property in the Windows Installer Help Library. REINSTALLMODE is always set in conjunction with REINSTALL. |
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ReinstallModeText |
This property contains the reinstallation options that will be set when the user selects Repair in the MaintenanceType dialog. The value of ReinstallModeText is passed as an argument to the control event ReinstallMode, which accepts the same options that are available for the REINSTALLMODE property. ReinstallModeText is not a predefined Windows Installer property. Nonetheless, it is provided in the Property Manager for every new project, with a default value of omus, for use in the control event described above. |
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REMOVE |
This property stores a list of features, separated by commas, that will be removed. If REMOVE is set to ALL, all features will be removed. |
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COMPADDLOCAL |
This property stores a list of component IDs, separated by commas, that are to be installed locally. The feature for the component that takes up the least amount of disk space will be installed. |
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COMPADDSOURCE |
This property stores a list of component IDs, separated by commas, that are to be run from the source medium. The feature for the component that takes up the least amount of disk space will be installed. |
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When installing a patch, this property contains the full path to the patch package. |
The following section contains information on various other configurable properties.
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This property specifies which sequence to perform (installation, advertisement, or administration). Possible values are INSTALL, ADVERTISE, and ADMIN. The ACTION property is automatically set based on the command line used to launch the installation. |
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Specifies whether Windows Installer should attempt to perform a per-machine or per-user installation. If the value of ALLUSERS is set to 1, Windows Installer attempts a per-machine installation. For per-machine installations, configuration information such as shortcuts and registry entries are stored in the All Users profile:
Project:This property is set to 1 by default in Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI projects. To learn more, see Per-User vs. Per-Machine Installations. If the value of ALLUSERS is not set or it is an empty string (“”), Windows Installer performs a per-user installation, and the configuration information is stored in the user’s personal profile. If the value of ALLUSERS is set to 2, Windows Installer attempts to perform a per-machine installation on Windows Vista and later systems. On earlier platforms, if the user has administrative privileges, Windows Installer attempts to perform a per-machine installation; otherwise, Windows Installer performs a per-user installation. Project:This property is set to 1 in InstallScript MSI projects to help avoid ALLUSERS-related issues when the installation is run silently. The property can be overridden with the SdCustomerInformation or SdCustomerInformationEx dialog functions in InstallScript MSI projects. Note:ALLUSERS has no effect on InstallScript variables like FOLDER_PROGRAMS. ALLUSERS has no effect until the Execute sequence runs. |
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This property stores the URL for the update channel of the application. |
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This property contains the comments about this product that are displayed in Add or Remove Programs. This value is set in the ARP Comments setting in the General Information view. You should provide a string entry to facilitate globalizing your installation. |
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This property contains support contact information, such as an email address or a telephone number. This value is set in the Support Contact setting in the General Information view. You should provide a string entry to facilitate globalizing your installation. |
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This property stores the fully qualified path to the application’s primary folder. You can set ARPINSTALLLOCATION to the value of INSTALLDIR with a custom action of type “Set a property”. |
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If this property is set to 1, no Repair button will be displayed in the Programs Wizard. |
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Holds the fully qualified path or the URL for the product’s Readme file. This value is set in the Read Me setting in the General Information view. You should provide a string entry to facilitate globalizing your installation. |
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This property stores the estimated size, in kilobytes, of the application. |
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Set this property to 1 to keep your program from appearing in Add or Remove Programs. |
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This property stores the URL for the application’s home page or the publisher’s home page. This value is set in the Publisher/Product URL setting in the General Information view. You should provide a string entry to facilitate globalizing your installation. |
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This property stores the URL for update information on your application. This value is set in the Product Update URL setting in the General Information view. You should provide a string entry to facilitate globalizing your installation. |
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Setting this property prevents the product from being modified from Add or Remove Programs. |
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Setting this property prevents the product from being removed through Add or Remove Programs. |
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This property allows you to set the amount of additional free registry space, in kilobytes, required by your application. |
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This property holds the root path on the installation disk for any of the qualifying products for a competitive upgrade. |
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Setting this property disables the creation of advertised shortcuts. |
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This setting prevents the installer from adding media information to the source list. |
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Set this property to 1 to stop the installer from creating a rollback script that will save copies of changed or deleted files during the installation process. |
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This property sets the top-level action initiated by the ExecuteAction action. |
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This property sets the mode of execution performed by the installer. The value None means that no changes are made to the system. The default value, Script, means that all changes made to the system are run through a script execution. |
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This property holds a value that corresponds to the values of the features. If the level of features to be installed is less than or equal to the INSTALLLEVEL property, then a feature is installed. This is primarily used for different setup types, such as Typical or Custom. |
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List of action names, separated by semicolons, that will be logged. |
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This property indicates that the Windows Installer should install the package for only the current user:
This property is available with Windows Installer 5 and on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Earlier versions of Windows Installer and Windows ignore this property. For more information, see the following:
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This property will run an installation with elevated privileges if the user is an administrator or if the application is an administrator-assigned application. |
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This property specifies what will happen if there is insufficient disk space to continue the installation. Depending on the user interface level, the rollback could happen automatically, without any input from the user, or it could ask the user to continue with rollback disabled. |
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The folder that you specify with this property will be the “primary” folder for the installation. The path to this folder will be used to determine the values for the PrimaryVolumePath property, the PrimaryVolumeSpaceAvailable property, the PrimaryVolumeSpaceRequired property, and the PrimaryVolumeSpaceRemaining property. |
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This property allows you to force or suppress a reboot after the installation completes. Possible values are:
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In Administration mode this property sets the default drive to the first writable network drive found. In all other modes, this property sets the default drive to the writable local drive with the most disk space available. |
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This property defines the location of the script file that contains all operations executed during the installation. |
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This property specifies an .msi database table that lists the order in which the actions in the table will run. |
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In Administration mode, this property may be set to indicate that only short file names should be used. |
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This property stores a list of transforms to be applied to an MSI database. These transforms can be set only in Installation and Advertisement mode. The syntax for this property, if you are applying a transform to two tables, is as follows: c:\transforms\trans1;:trans2. Note that transforms are applied in the order that they appear in the string. |
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By setting this property to 1, you are specifying the installer to look for the transforms at the installation source. |
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Setting this property limits the user interface level at basic. This is useful if you do not create a custom user interface to interact with the installer’s built-in UI. |
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This property should be set to one of the predefined styles found in the TextStyle table in order to specify your default font. If this property is not set, the installer will use the system font, which may disrupt your formatting. |
The following section contains information about input taken from the end user. Such input can include the end user’s name, company, or language.
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AdminProperties holds a list of properties set during an administration installation. These properties can be external (user name) or they can be internal (other properties on this page). |
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This property stores the organization name for the end user performing the installation. This information is taken from the Customer Information dialog box (for Basic MSI projects), or from the SdCustomerInformation or SdCustomerInformationEx dialogs (for InstallScript MSI projects). |
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This property stores the serial number that the end user enters in the Serial Number field on the CustomerInformation dialog. |
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This property retains the default language identifier for the end user. |
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This property stores the name of the end user performing the installation, which is taken from the Customer Information dialog (for Basic MSI projects), or from the SdCustomerInformation or SdCustomerInformationEx dialogs (for InstallScript MSI projects). |
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This property stores the numeric language ID for the product. |
Properties for Creating Predetermined User Accounts
The following table describes the properties that let you create one or more Windows user accounts without using logon dialogs.
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ISNetApiLogonUsername |
Set the value of this property to the user account that you want the installation to create. Use either of the following formats:
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Set the value of this property to the group to which you want the user account to belong. For more information, see Creating Predetermined User Accounts at Run Time. |
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ISNetApiLogonPassword |
ISNetApiLogonPassword—Set the value of this property to the password that you want to be configured for the user account. For more information, see Creating Predetermined User Accounts at Run Time. |
Information on product-specific properties that can be set in the Property table is listed below. Examples of these types of properties include technical support numbers, product name, and serial number.
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This property retains the Internet address for technical support. This value is set in the Support URL setting in the General Information view. You should provide a string entry to facilitate globalizing your installation. |
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This property retains your technical support telephone numbers. This value is set in the Support Phone Number setting in the General Information view. You should provide a string entry to facilitate globalizing your installation. |
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The ProductCode is the GUID for this particular version of the product. This ID must be different for different language versions and different release versions. This property is set in the General Information view. |
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This property stores the name of the product—for example, InstallShield. This property is set in the General Information view. |
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The installer sets this property to the installed state of the product. This property can hold one of four numeric values: -1—The product has not been installed or advertised. 1—The product has been advertised, but not installed. 2—The product has been installed for another user. 5—The product has been installed and is available to the current user. |
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The ProductVersion property stores the major, minor, and build version numbers in the format AA.BB.CCCC. This property is set in the General Information view. |
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Stores the name of the product manufacturer. This value is set in the Publisher setting in the General Information view. You should provide a string entry to facilitate globalizing your project. |
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This property holds a string which is displayed by a message box prompting for a disk. You should also include empty text for additional information printed on the disk label, as in “Disk 1”. |
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The DiskSerial property should be set to the internal serial number for this release. |
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This property retains the URL for downloading a product by its string identifier (GUID). |
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This property places units to the left of the number. This is necessary for languages that require this structure. |
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This is a GUID used to search for a related set of products that are already installed. |
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This property is set to 1 if the current installation package was created through an administrative installation. You can use this property to detect post-administrative installations. |
System Folders Set by the Installer
The following properties hold the fully qualified path to many of the folders on the end user’s system. Many of these properties can be used directly in your script, without having to call MsiGetProperty.
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This property holds the full path to the current user’s Application Data folder. |
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This property holds the full path to the All Users Application Data folder. |
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The value of this property is the full path to the 32-bit Common Files folder. |
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The value of this property is the full path to the 64-bit Common Files folder. This property requires Windows Installer version 2.0. |
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This property is used to hold the full path to the Desktop folder for the current user. If the ALLUSERS property is set, the DesktopFolder property should hold the full path to the All Users desktop folder. |
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The FavoritesFolder property retains the full path to the Favorites folder for the current user. |
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This property holds the full path to the Fonts folder. |
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This property holds the full path to the current user’s Personal folder. |
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This property holds the full path to the current user’s Program Files folder. |
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This property holds the full path to the current user’s 64-bit Program Files folder. This property requires Windows Installer version 2.0. |
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This property is used to hold the full path to the Program menu for the current user. If the ALLUSERS property is set, the ProgramMenuFolder property should hold the full path to the All Users Programs menu. |
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This property holds the full path to the current user’s SendTo folder. |
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This property is used to hold the full path to the Start menu folder for the current user. If the ALLUSERS property is set, the StartMenuFolder property should hold the full path to the All Users Start Menu folder. |
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This property is used to hold the full path to the Startup folder for the current user. If the ALLUSERS property is set, the StartupFolder property should hold the full path to the All Users Startup menu. |
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This property holds the full path to the 32-bit System folder. |
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This property holds the full path to the 64-bit System folder. This property requires Windows Installer version 2.0. |
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This property holds the full path to the Temp folder. |
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This property holds the full path to the current user’s Template folder. |
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This property holds the full path to the user’s Windows folder. |
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This property is set to the drive where Windows is installed. |
Operating System Properties Set by the Installer
The following properties are set by the installer at run time. They refer to environment variables on the target system.
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This property is set by the installer at installation and is only set if the user has administrative privileges. |
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This property stores the name of the computer that the installation is running on. It is set by a call to the Windows API GetComputerName at the initialization of the installer. |
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This property stores the name of the user performing the installation. It is set by a call to the Windows API GetUserName. |
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This property is set by the installer during initialization. |
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If an operating system service pack is installed, this property stores the numeric value for that update. |
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This property is set when Shared Windows is being used on the target system. |
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This property is set by the installer during initialization if the target system supports feature advertisement. This property is automatically set on Windows 98 or later, or on earlier systems if Internet Explorer 4.01 is installed. |
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This property stores the default language identifier for the target system. The value is defined by the installer by calling GetSystemDefaultLangID at initialization. |
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This property is set by the installer at initialization if the target system is a server with Windows Terminal Server. |
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This property is set by the installer at initialization if the target system supports true type font collections (TTC). The following systems support TTC: JPN - 932, Taiwan - 950, China - 936, Korea - 949, Hong Kong - 950. |
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This property stores the version number of Windows 95 and 98 operating systems as an integer. The following formula is used to determine this integer: (MajorVersion * 100) + MinorVersion. On Windows 95, Version9X is set to 400, on Windows 98 it is set to 410, and on Windows Millennium Edition it is set to 490. Version9X is not set on Windows NT-based systems. |
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This property stores a version number of the database used during the installation. |
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This property stores the version number of Windows NT-based operating systems as an integer. The following formula is used to determine this integer: (MajorVersion * 100) + MinorVersion. Refer to the Windows Installer Help Library to learn the VersionNT property for a specific operating system. |
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This property stores the version number of a Windows NT-based operating system as an integer on 64-bit systems only. The following formula is used to determine this integer: (MajorVersion * 100) + MinorVersion. This property requires Windows Installer version 2.0. |
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This property stores the build number for the operating system being run. |
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This property stores the type of NT operating system being run on the target machine. This property requires Windows Installer version 2.0. |
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This property is set to 1 if Microsoft BackOffice components are installed. In all other cases this property is not set. This property requires Windows Installer version 2.0. |
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This property is set to 1 if Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is installed. In all other cases this property is not set. |
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This property is set to 1 if Windows 2000 Advanced Server is installed. In all other cases this property is not set. |
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This property is set to 1 if Windows 2000 Advanced Server is installed. In all other cases this property is not set. |
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This property is set to 1 if Microsoft Small Business Server is installed. In all other cases this property is not set. |
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This property is set to 1 if Microsoft Small Business Server is installed with the restrictive client license. In all other cases this property is not set. |
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This property is set to 1 if the operating system is Workstation Personal. In all other cases this property is not set. |
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This property is set if the operating system supports .NET Framework assemblies. In all other cases this property is not set. |
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This property is set if the operating system supports Win32 assemblies. In all other cases this property is not set. |
Hardware Properties Set by the Installer
The following properties are set by the installer at run time and store settings on certain hardware profiles for the end user’s system.
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This property stores the numeric value of the processor level, and it is only defined if the setup is running on an Alpha processor. (This property is supported only with Windows Installer version 1.0.) |
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This property sets the pixel width of the side window borders. |
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This property sets the pixel width of the top window border. |
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This property sets the pixel height of the caption area. |
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This property stores the number of adjacent color bits for each pixel (that is, the color depth of the user’s monitor). For example, if the user’s monitor is using 256 colors, ColorBits is set to 8. |
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This property stores the numeric value of the processor level, and it is defined only if the setup is running on an Intel 32-bit processor. |
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This property stores the numeric value of the processor level, and it is defined only if the setup is running on an Intel 64-bit processor. This property requires Windows Installer version 2.0. |
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This property stores the installed amount of physical memory, in megabytes. |
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This property defines the width of the screen, in pixels. |
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This property defines the height of the screen, in pixels. |
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This property sets the height of text characters. |
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The amount of available page file space, in megabytes, is stored in this property. |
The following PowerShell-related properties are available at run time:
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This property identifies a semicolon-delimited list of .NET Framework versions that a custom action should attempt to load to run your managed code and PowerShell scripts. In most scenarios, this property is not set in the installation package. It is set at the command line. To specify that version 1.1 is required, use the following command-line parameter: IS_CLR_VERSION=v1.1.4322 Note that the complete version number of the .NET Framework should be specified for the property value. If more than one version is acceptable, you can specify a semicolon-delimited list of versions. The first one that can be loaded is used. For the following example command-line parameter, the action attempts to load version 2.0. If that version is not present, the action attempts to load version 1.1. If version 1.1 is not present, the action fails. IS_CLR_VERSION=v2.0.50727;v1.1.4322 To specify that the action should attempt to load whatever is the latest version of the .NET Framework that is installed if none of the specified versions are installed, add a semicolon to the end of the property value, as shown in the following example: IS_CLR_VERSION=v2.0.50727;v1.1.4322; The semicolon at the end of the property value also indicates that if none of the specified versions are present but a version of the .NET Framework is already loaded, the action uses the currently loaded version, even if it is not the latest version that is installed. If issues with the action occur at run time because of .NET Framework version mismatches, you may want to instruct end users to set the IS_CLR_VERSION property at the command line when they run your installation. To learn more, see:
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The predefined PowerShell system search sets the value of this property if PowerShell is installed. |
To use Windows Installer properties to detect the presence of a virtual machine and determine the type of virtual machine, you first need to create a custom action that calls the ISDetectVM function in the SetAllUsers.dll file. For instructions, see Detecting Whether the Installation Is Being Run on a Virtual Machine.
The custom action sets the following Windows Installer properties at run time:
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If the value of this property is 1, one of the following virtual machine environments is present:
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IS_VM_TYPE |
This property indicates the type of virtual machine that is present on a target system. Available values are:
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Status Properties Updated by the Installer
The following properties are set by the installer at run time. These properties identify the status of the installation.
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This property is set to 1 by the installer after a reboot triggered by the ForceReboot action. |
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This property is set to 1 as soon as costing has begun and is set to 0 when costing is complete. |
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The installer sets the RollbackDisabled property whenever rollback has been disabled. This property is not set by default. |
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This property determines if the product is already installed. |
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This property is set to True if any of the drives that are targets for the install do not have enough disk space. Otherwise, it is set to False. |
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This property is set to True if any disk targeted during an installation does not have enough free disk space and if rollback capability is turned off. It is set to False if all of the target disks have sufficient space. |
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This property determines if features have been preselected, and if so, does not display the selection dialog. |
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The installer sets this property to the path specified in the PRIMARYFOLDER property. |
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This installer sets this property to a string representing the total number of bytes, in units of 512, available on the volume specified by the PRIMARYFOLDER property. |
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This property stores a string representing the total amount of disk space required, in bytes (expressed in units of 512 bytes), by the currently selected features. |
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The installer sets this property to a string representing the number of remaining bytes available on the system, in units of 512, if all selected features were to be installed. |
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This property stores the text string displayed to the user when an installation is resumed from a suspended setup. |
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This property is set once changes to the system have taken place as a result of the installation process. |
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This property is set if a file that is currently in use is overwritten. Custom actions that check to see if a reboot is required will use this property. |
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Setting this property to 1 stops the installer from setting the USERNAME property. By default, this property is not set and the USERNAME property is set from the registry. |
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Setting this property to 1 stops the installer from setting the COMPANYNAME property. By default, this property is not set and the COMPANYNAME property is set from the registry. |
Date and Time Properties
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Date |
This property holds the current date. |
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This property holds the current time. |
InstallScript Engine-Related Properties
These properties contain information related to the InstallScript engine.
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Property Name |
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Project:This property applies to InstallScript MSI projects. InstallScript MSI projects must be run by launching Setup.exe. This localizable property holds the message that is displayed to an end user who launches your .msi database directly, instead of launching Setup.exe. |
These properties contain data related to SQL connections and SQL scripts that are configured in the SQL Scripts view.
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Property Name |
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IS_SQLSERVER_ALIAS_ONLY |
Specify to show only the SQL Server aliases in the SQL Server browse combo box and list box controls. To learn more, see Overriding the Default SQL Run-Time Behavior. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION |
This property identifies the type of authentication that you want to use to connect to the specified catalog. The default property is IS_SQLSERVER_AUTHENTICATION. The following numbers are valid property values:
To learn more, see Using Windows Installer Properties for SQL Login Settings. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_CONNECTIONS_TO_VALIDATE |
Overrides the connections that will be tested when clicking the Next button on the SQLLogin dialog. To learn more, see Overriding the Default SQL Run-Time Behavior. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_CXNS_ABSENT_FROM_INSTALL |
Specifies one or more SQL connections that should be skipped during installation or uninstallation. To learn more, see Overriding the Default SQL Run-Time Behavior. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_DATABASE |
This property identifies the name of the SQL catalog to which you want to create a connection during the installation. To learn more, see Using Windows Installer Properties for SQL Login Settings. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_DO_NOT_USE_REG |
Specifies not to use the stored SQL Server login information written in the registry. To learn more, see Overriding the Default SQL Run-Time Behavior. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_LOCAL_ONLY |
Specifies to show only the local SQL Server in the SQL Server browse combo box and list box controls. To learn more, see Overriding the Default SQL Run-Time Behavior. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD |
This property identifies the password that should be used for server authentication. To learn more, see Using Windows Installer Properties for SQL Login Settings. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_REMOTE_ONLY |
Specifies to show only the remote SQL Servers in the SQL Server browse combo box and list box controls. To learn more, see Overriding the Default SQL Run-Time Behavior. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_SERVER |
This property identifies the name of the target server instance (for Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL) or the connect URL string or local net service name (for Oracle). To learn more, see Using Windows Installer Properties for SQL Login Settings. |
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IS_SQLSERVER_USERNAME |
This property identifies the login ID that should be used for server authentication. To learn more, see Using Windows Installer Properties for SQL Login Settings. |
These properties apply to version checking for MDAC.
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Create and set this property to Yes if you want InstallShield to perform default version checking. |
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Create and set this property in the Project Manager if you are performing your own version checking and do not want InstallShield to install MDAC. |