InstallShield 2013 Express Edition
Building a release of an InstallShield project in Visual Studio is different than building a release in InstallShield. When you are building in Visual Studio, you have the option to either build your entire solution, including the installation project, or build only the installation project.
Before you can build a release, the release must be associated with a solution configuration. The Configuration Manager in Visual Studio is where you associate a release with a solution configuration.
To build a release from within Visual Studio:
| 1. | Use the Configuration Manager in Visual Studio to map a release to the appropriate solution configuration. |
| a. | On the Build menu, click Configuration Manager. |
As an alternative: On the Standard toolbar, in the Solution Configurations list, select Configuration Manager.
| b. | In the Active solution configuration list, select a configuration. |
| c. | In the Project contexts box, map the project configuration to the appropriate release in the Configuration column. |
Note: If the Build check box is cleared and you build the solution, the deselected project configuration is not built.
| d. | Click the Close button. |
| 2. | On the Build menu, select the appropriate command: |
|
Command |
Description |
|
Build Solution |
Build the entire solution, according to what is mapped in the Configuration Manager for each project that is included in the solution. |
|
Build Installation Project Name |
Build only the installation project, according to the release that is specified in the Configuration column of the Configuration Manager. This option is available if your installation project is selected in the Solution Explorer. |
Tip: To build the entire solution, you can also press CTRL+SHIFT+B.
See Also
Using MSBuild to Build a Release from the Command Line
InstallShield Express Edition Help LibraryJune 2013 |
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