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Logging Options for Windows Installer 4.0 and Later Dialog Box

InstallShield 2013 Express Edition

InstallShield displays the Windows Installer 4 Logging Options dialog box when you click the ellipsis button (...) for the Create MSI Logs setting in the General Information view. This dialog box enables you to specify on a project-wide basis—without having to use the command line or configure log parameters through the registry—whether Windows Installer should log your installation. You can also use this dialog box to customize the types of messages that are logged.

Options for the Logging Options for Windows Installer 4.0 and Later Dialog Box

Option

Description

No

Installations are not logged. This is the default value.

Yes (MsiLogging set to default value of voicewarmupx)

InstallShield populates the MsiLogging property with the default value of voicewarmupx.

If the installation is run on a target system that has Windows Installer 4.0, the following occurs:

• The installer creates a log file according to the default logging mode of voicewarmupx.
• The installer populates the MsiLogFileLocation property with the log file’s path.
• A Show the Windows Installer log check box is added to the SetupCompleteSuccess, SetupCompleteError, and SetupInterrupted dialogs. If the end user selects that check box and then clicks Finish, the log file is opened in a text file viewer or editor.

Earlier versions of Windows Installer ignore this setting. The Show the Windows Installer log check box is not visible in run-time dialogs that are displayed on systems running earlier versions of Windows Installer.

Custom MsiLogging value

InstallShield populates the MsiLogging property with the value that you specify in the box.

If the installation is run on a target system that has Windows Installer 4.0, the following occurs:

• The installer creates a log file according to the custom value that you specified in the box.
• The installer populates the MsiLogFileLocation property with the log file’s path.
• A Show the Windows Installer log check box is added to the SetupCompleteSuccess, SetupCompleteError, and SetupInterrupted dialogs. If the end user selects that check box and then clicks Finish, the log file is opened in a text file viewer or editor.

Earlier versions of Windows Installer ignore this setting. The Show the Windows Installer log check box is not visible in run-time dialogs that are displayed on systems running earlier versions of Windows Installer.

Important: The MsiLogFileLocation property is read-only; it cannot be used to set or change the log file location.

See Also

Specifying Whether Windows Installer Installations Should Be Logged

InstallShield Express Edition Help Library

June 2013

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