Basing a Shortcut on the Source Media

InstallShield 2020 Express Edition

To base a feature’s shortcut on the source media:

1.

In the View List under Organize Your Setup, click Features.

2.

In the Features explorer, click the feature.

3.

Set the Remote Installation property to Favor Source.

4.

Build your release as an uncompressed CD-ROM.

5.

Create an advertised shortcut to the feature.

With these settings, all files in the feature remain on the CD and are not installed locally. When the end user launches the advertised shortcut, the Windows Installer launches (invisible to the end user) and runs the ResolveSource action. This action determines the value of SourceDir. Because the Build is uncompressed, SourceDir contains the path to the CD drive and it resolves to the file on the CD.

See Also

Creating Shortcuts