Update Panel
InstallShield 2020 » Release Wizard
Project:This panel is not available for the following project types:
| • | Basic MSI |
| • | InstallScript MSI |
This panel allows you to specify the release format and the existing releases for which the current release can be run as an update.
Tip:To create a setup that can be run on a system on which no version of your product is currently installed, select the Full option and the Non-version specific option.
Panel Options
Full
Specifies that the current release is a full release.
Non-version specific
Enabled only if the Full option button is selected. Specifies that the current release can update any existing version of your application (as long as it was installed by a setup that was created with InstallShield Professional version 6.0 or later), or can install your application on a system on which no version of your product is currently installed.
Version specific
Enabled only if the Full option button is selected. Specifies that the current release can update only the versions of your application that are specified in the combo box.
combo box
Enabled only if the Version specific option is selected. Lets you specify the versions of your product to which the update can be applied. Type a semicolon-delimited list of version numbers (for example, 1.2.3;1.2.4) or select a list of version numbers from the list box. If you leave this field blank, the update can be applied to all earlier versions of your product.
Differential
Specifies that the current release is a differential release.
list box
Enabled only if the Differential option button is selected. Displays the existing releases to which the current project is compared when creating the new differential release. A file in the current project is excluded from the differential release if the same file (with the same date and time, size, and attributes) exists in each of the specified releases; otherwise the file is included in the differential release. (Files in a component whose Difference property is set to No are always included in the differential release.) You specify these releases by clicking the Import and Add buttons.
Also displays the version information for each release.
Note:If the setup is unable to determine a specified release’s version information, that version of your product cannot be updated by the setup. If no version information is displayed for a release, select the release, click the Modify button, then select the Specify the version information below option and type or select a version number.
Add
Enabled only if the Differential option is selected. Opens the Existing Media dialog box, in which you can specify a release that is in the current project.
Import
Enabled only if the Differential option is selected. Opens the Media File Properties dialog box, in which you can specify a release that is not in the current project.
Modify
Enabled only if the Differential option is selected and a single release is selected in the list box. Opens the Media File Properties dialog box, in which you can change the release selection and the version information that is associated with the release.
Remove
Enabled only if the Differential option is selected and one or more releases are selected in the list box. Removes the selected release from the list.
Objects
Enabled only if the Differential option is selected. Opens the Object Difference dialog box, in which you select the conditions for including InstallScript objects in your differential release.