Tools Menu

InstallShield 2020

The following table lists the Tools menu commands, as well as associated icons.

Tools Menu Commands

Command

Icon

Description

Open Release Folder

Launches Windows Explorer, open in the DISK1 folder of the current release. If there is no release or if a release has not been built, Windows Explorer opens to your default project location.

Add New Language Wizard

Opens the New Language Wizard, which enables you to add support for almost any language to one or more projects.

Transform Wizard

Opens the Transform Wizard, which walks you through the steps of creating and applying transforms for your installation projects.

MSI Log Analyzer

Launches the InstallShield MSI Log Analyzer, a utility that enables you to generate reports based on an analysis of Windows Installer log files.

MSI Command-Line Builder

Launches the InstallShield MSI Command-Line Builder. This tool enables you to quickly build complex command-line strings for executing Windows Installer–related tasks.

Difference

Provides several commands:

• Compare to File—Opens a dialog box that lets you specify which project should be compared with the currently open project.
• End Compare—Ends the previously started compare session.
• InstallShield MSI Diff—Opens InstallShield MSI Diff, a tool that enables you to compare Windows Installer tables in two different Windows Installer databases. It also enables you to apply transforms and patches to Windows Installer packages and then see how the database tables are affected. To learn more, see InstallShield MSI Diff.

InstallScript

Provides several commands:

• Standard Dialog Sampler— Opens the Standard Dialog Sampler, which enables you to view examples of end-user dialogs. The sample dialogs are displayed without a skin.
• Skinned Dialog Sampler— Opens the Skinned Dialog Sampler, which enables you to view examples of end-user dialogs. The sample dialogs are displayed with the skin that is selected in the Dialogs view.
• Cabinet File Viewer— Opens the Cabinet File Viewer, a tool that lets you select a cabinet (.cab) file and view its compressed files, file groups, components, and setup types, as well as the properties of those items. It also lets you extract files from the cabinet file.
• Log File Viewer— Opens the Log File Viewer, a tool that enables you to view the installation log file. The log file is created when your installation is first run and it is maintained when your installation is running in maintenance mode. You can use the log file to determine the current state of each component in the installation.

Check for Updates

Checks for service packs and other updates to InstallShield. If updates are available, you can choose to download and install.

Redistributable Downloader

Launches the Redistributable Downloader Wizard to quickly download third-party redistributables, merge modules, prerequisites, and other files to your local machine.

Prerequisite Editor

Opens the InstallShield Prerequisite Editor, which enables you to create or modify InstallShield prerequisites that you can include in your installation project.

MSIX Bundle Utility

Helps to create the MSIX Bundle package, it lets you specify the payload MSIX packages, the signing information through the graphical interface, and creates the MSIX bundle package from the configured MSIX packages.

Customize

Displays the Customize dialog box, which enables you to customize the toolbars displayed in the InstallShield user interface.

Options

Displays the Options dialog box, which enables you to specify preferences for creating projects and working in InstallShield.