Adding Files to an IIS Virtual Directory

InstallShield 2022

Project:This information applies to the following project types:

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Basic MSI

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DIM

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InstallScript

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InstallScript MSI

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Merge Module

To add a file to an IIS virtual directory:

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Add an IIS Web site to your project if you have not already done so. InstallShield automatically adds the predefined path [IISROOTFOLDER] to the Files and Folders view.

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In the View List under Application Data, click Files and Folders.

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In the Feature list, select the feature with which you want the file associated.

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In the Destination computer’s folders pane, add the file to the [IISROOTFOLDER] folder, or a subfolder of the [IISROOTFOLDER] folder.

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In the View List under Server Configuration, click Internet Information Services.

6.

Create a new virtual directory.

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In the Web Sites explorer, click the virtual directory that you created.

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In the Content Source Path (Local or UNC) setting, click the ellipsis button (...). The Browse for Directory dialog box opens. In a Basic MSI or InstallScript MSI project, this dialog box enables you to select a Windows Installer property (such as [IISROOTFOLDER]) or create a new one. In an InstallScript project, this dialog box enables you to select an InstallScript variable (such as <IISROOTFOLDER>) or create a new one. By default, the files are stored in IISROOTFOLDER.

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Enter the same target directory as the one that contains the new file that you added in the Files and Folders view.

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Click OK.

At installation, files are copied to the target directory folder. In addition, the virtual directory is configured for that folder on the target system if IIS is present.

See Also

Creating a Web Site and Adding an Application or a Virtual Directory

Adding IISROOTFOLDER Support