Using Setup Files

InstallShield 2020 Express Edition

Setup files (also known as support files) are files that are available on the target system only during your application’s installation process. Support files are copied to a temporary directory on the target system when installation begins, and they are deleted when the installation is complete. The support directory (SUPPORTDIR) is a dynamic file location and might be different on every target system and even on the same system for different installation instances.

In the Setup Files view, you can add and remove files that you want to be available on the target system only during installation.

To access a particular setup file during installation, you can query for the value of the support directory (SUPPORTDIR) and then append the file name to the SUPPORTDIR value to obtain the complete path of the file.