Using Support Files
InstallShield 2020
Project:This information applies to the following project types:
| • | Advanced UI |
| • | Basic MSI |
| • | InstallScript |
| • | InstallScript MSI |
| • | InstallScript Object |
| • | Suite/Advanced UI |
Support files are files that are available on the target system only during your product’s installation process. Support files are copied to a temporary directory on the target system when installation begins. The support files are deleted when the installation is complete. The support directory is a dynamic file location and might be different on every target system and even on the same system for different installation instances.
In the Support Files view (in Advanced UI, Basic MSI, InstallScript Object, and Suite/Advanced UI projects) or the Support Files/Billboards view (in InstallScript projects and InstallScript MSI projects), you can add and remove files that you want to be available on the target system only during installation.
See Also
Placing Files in the .msi Database and Extracting Them During Run Time
Support Files/Billboards View (InstallScript and InstallScript MSI Projects)
Support Files View (Advanced UI, Basic MSI, InstallScript Object, and Suite/Advanced UI Projects)