Home Menu

InstallShield 2020

The following table lists the Home menu commands, as well as associated keyboard shortcuts and icons.

Home Menu Commands

Command

Shortcut

Icon

Description

New

Ctrl+N

Creates a new installation project.

Open

Ctrl+O

Opens an existing installation project.

Save

Ctrl+S

Saves the current project.

Traditional View

 

Switch to the Traditional View

Complie

Ctrl+F7

Complies Installscript

Build

F7

Build the active release

Stop Build

Ctrl+Break

Stop building the active release

Test User Interface

Ctrl+T

Tests the active Windows Installer-based release’s user interface

Run

Ctrl+F5

Run MSIX Release - Run or registers the active release

Uninstall

 

Uninstall MSIX Release - Uninstalls the active Windows Installer-based release

Debug

F5

Debugs the active release

Open Release Folder

 

Open the release folder in the Windows Explorer.

Build MSIX

 

 

 

Run MSIX

 

 

 

Uninstall MSIX

 

 

 

Previous View

ALT+UP ARROW

Takes you to the view directly above the current view as shown in the View List.

Next View

ALT+DOWN ARROW

Takes you to the view directly below the current view as shown in the View List.

Back

ALT+LEFT ARROW

Takes you to the view that you last visited in the history of your view selections. You can use this multiple times, as long as there are multiple entries in your view history.

Forward

ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Takes you to the next view in the history of your view selections. You can continue until you reach the view you were at when you first clicked Back.

Help

 

Displays the Help view.