New Project Dialog Box

InstallShield 2020 Express Edition

The New Project dialog box opens when you are creating a new project in InstallShield. In this dialog box, you can select a project type, name your project, and provide a location for the project’s files. After you select a project type and click OK, your project opens in the InstallShield Installation Development Environment (IDE).

Note:If you select Express Project, the Project Assistant is launched to help you create your project.

New Project Dialog Box Settings

Setting

Description

Project Name

Type a name for your project in this field.

Project Language

Select the language that should be used for your installation project.

Location

Type a location or click Browse to navigate to a project location. To change the default project location displayed, change the Project Location path, which is located on the File Locations tab in the Options dialog box.

Create project file in ‘Project Name’ subfolder

Select this option if you want InstallShield to create a subfolder with your project’s name in your Projects location.

Edition:InstallShield Premier and InstallShield Professional provide additional functionality in creating new projects. For example, the Premier edition allows you to have multiple languages in the same installation project.

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