What’s New in InstallShield 2014 Express Edition

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition

New Features

InstallShield includes the following new features.

New InstallShield Prerequisites for .NET Framework 4.5.1

InstallShield includes new InstallShield prerequisites that you can add to projects:

These prerequisites install the .NET Framework 4.5.1 on supported target systems.

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Prerequisites

InstallShield includes several new SQL Server 2014–related InstallShield prerequisites that you can add to projects:

These InstallShield prerequisites install the technology on supported target systems.

New InstallShield Prerequisites for Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Update 4

InstallShield includes new InstallShield prerequisites that you can add to projects:

These prerequisites install the various technologies on supported target systems.

Ability to Include Support Files in Subfolders

InstallShield now lets you specify custom folder structures for support files.To add a subfolder under one of the nodes in the Setup Files view, right-click the node and then click New Folder. InstallShield adds a subfolder and enables you to rename it as needed. You can also add a nested folder structure. To add files to a subfolder, select it and right-click in the right pane, and then click Insert Files. At run-time, the installation copies the support folders and files to SUPPORTDIR, a temporary directory on target systems, to make them available during your product’s installation process. The support folders and files are deleted when the installation is complete.

To learn more, see Adding Setup Files.

Support for Removing Files and Folders

InstallShield now has built-in support that makes it easy to specify files and folders that you want to be removed from target systems at run time. This file and folder removal capability is useful for scenarios such as removing application-created files that your installation does not otherwise track.

You can schedule the removal of a file or folder for one of the following events:

Note that if the item to be removed is a folder, that folder is removed only if it is empty.

To configure a file or folder removal in a project, use the Files view. In this view, select the destination folder that contains the file or folder that you want to be removed. Then right-click in the Destination computer’s files pane and click Add File Removal. InstallShield displays a Properties dialog box that lets you configure the available removal settings.

To learn more, see:

Enhancements

InstallShield includes the following enhancements.

Support for Offering Printer Selection for the License Agreement Dialog at Run Time

The behavior of the Print button on License Agreement dialogs has been enhanced. Instead of printing directly to the default printer when an end user clicks the Print button, the printer selection dialog box now opens.

64-Bit Support for Registry-Related System Searches

The System Search Wizard enables you to define searches that you want Windows Installer to perform; Windows Installer can search for a particular file, folder, registry key or .ini value on target systems. The registry-related panel in the System Search Wizard includes a new check box that lets you specify whether you want to check the 64-bit area of the registry on 64-bit target systems.

New FlexNet Connect 13.06 Redistributables Available

InstallShield includes support for FlexNet Connect 13.06 in your projects. Use the Update Notifications view in InstallShield to include one of the two FlexNet Connect 13.06 merge modules—one has the Common Software Manager, and the other does not.

See Also

Upgrading Projects from InstallShield 2013 Express Edition or Earlier

Upgrading from Earlier Versions of InstallShield

What’s New in InstallShield 2013 SP1 Express Edition

Open topic with navigation