Specifying a Primary Key for the Registry Table

InstallShield 2020 Express Edition

Windows Installer requires a unique primary key for each registry key and value you add to the Registry table. To allow you to create registry entries in a completely visual environment, InstallShield assigns a unique name to every entry in the database’s Registry table at build time.

You may need to know the entry’s primary key when authoring a custom action. InstallShield supports specifying a primary key on a registry key or value in the Registry view.

To specify a primary key for a registry key or value:

1.

In the View List under Configure the Target System, click Registry.

2.

In the Feature list, select the feature that should contain the registry value that you want to add.

3.

In the Destination computer’s Registry view pane, right-click the registry key associated with the primary key that you want to specify, and then click MSI Value. The MSI Value dialog box opens.

4.

Type the name of the key. Since the primary key must be a Windows Installer identifier, the name should contain only letters, numbers, underscores (_), and periods (.), and it must begin with a letter or underscore.

If you do not specify a value, InstallShield generates a unique primary key for this entry in the Registry table.