Opening InstallShield Projects in Microsoft Visual Studio

InstallShield 2016 Express Edition

InstallShield is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio. From within the Visual Studio workspace, you can open InstallShield installations for solutions.

To open an InstallShield project from with Microsoft Visual Studio:

1. On the File menu, point to Open and then click Project. The Open Project dialog box opens.
2. Browse to the InstallShield file you want to open.
3. Click Open.

Note • Files created in InstallShield Professional or pre-3.x versions of InstallShield Express cannot be opened.

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