Building Your Installation from the Project Assistant

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition

Tip • The following instructions apply to releases that are built within InstallShield (without integration with Visual Studio). For information on building an InstallShield release from within Visual Studio, see Building Releases in Microsoft Visual Studio.

To build your installation:

1. In the Project Assistant, open the Build Installation page.
2. Select the installation types that you want to build.
3. If you want InstallShield to automatically copy your installation to another location after the build finishes, click the Optional distribution settings link for each build option and specify the location.

If you want InstallShield to distribute your installation after the build finishes, click the Optional distribution settings link for each build option and select the Distribute After Build check box.

4. To digitally sign your Setup.exe file to assure your end users that the code within your application has not been modified or corrupted, click the Digitally Sign Setup hyperlink. The Digitally Sign Setup dialog box opens. Configure the settings as needed.
5. Click Build Installations.

The Output window opens; it displays information about the progress of the build. The build is finished when the Output tab displays the log file information.

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