Unsupported Features in Objects

InstallShield 2022

Due to both the purpose and implementation of objects, certain features are not supported when you are creating your object in the InstallShield interface. The following list outlines these unsupported features. For more information on the different design philosophies between objects and installation projects, see Designing Objects.

Features that Are Not Supported in Objects

Unsupported Feature	Description
Setup Types	Setup types are not supported in objects. If you are creating an object out of an existing installation project, your setup types will be disregarded.
Media Types	When creating an object, you do not have any choices as to the type of media that you would like to build. All objects will be built uncompressed with the CD-ROM option.
Shortcuts and Folders	The Shortcuts view is not supported in objects. In order to create a shortcut or folder within an object, you need to do so from the script with the AddFolderIcon, CreateProgramFolder, or CreateDir function.
Support Files	Where standard installations allow you to specify splash screens; billboards; and language-dependent, language-independent, and advanced files in the Support Files view, objects allow only language-dependent and language-independent files.
Product Registry Keys	Windows Logo Guideline:When any installation created with InstallShield is run, product registry keys are automatically created on the target machine. The product registry keys, which are created at HKLM\SOFTWARE\<Company name>\<Product name>\<Version> are required for Microsoft Logo compliance. Therefore, if you would like to have these registry keys created, you need to add them yourself.