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

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition

Edition • The Express edition of InstallShield includes support for installing only one Web site per installation.

The following editions of InstallShield support the creation of more than one Web site per installation. These editions also include support for managing IIS application pools and Web service extensions:

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Premier

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Professional

In addition, the Premier edition of InstallShield includes an IIS scanner that checks an existing IIS Web site and records data about the settings for the Web site, its virtual directories, its applications, and its application pools. You can import that IIS data into the Internet Information Services view in InstallShield Premier Edition. Once you have imported the IIS data into a project, you can use the Internet Information Services view to make changes to the IIS settings as needed.

The Internet Information Services view in InstallShield is where you add an IIS Web site to your project. It is also where you can add applications and virtual directories to a Web site.

To create a Web site on the target system at run time:

In the View List under Configure the Target System, click Internet Information Services.

Right-click the Web Sites explorer and click Add Web Site. InstallShield adds a new Web site.

Select the Web site to configure its settings.

Tip • InstallShield lets you specify the TCP port and site numbers for a Web site in your project. These settings help determine whether a new Web site is created or an existing one is updated at run time. To learn more, see Configuring the TCP Port and Site Numbers.

To create an application on the target system at run time:

In the View List under Configure the Target System, click Internet Information Services.

In the Web Sites explorer, right-click the Web site that should contain the application and click New Application. InstallShield adds a new application.

Select the application to configure its settings.

To create a virtual directory on the target system at run time:

In the View List under Configure the Target System, click Internet Information Services.

In the Web Sites explorer, right-click the Web site that should contain the virtual directory and click New Virtual Directory. InstallShield adds a new virtual directory.

Select the virtual directory to configure its settings.

Tip • To learn how Web sites, applications, and virtual directories are associated with features, see Feature Associations for IIS Support.

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

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition Help Library

April 2019