InstallShield 2020 Express Edition

The following issues have been resolved in InstallShield 2020 Express Edition:

Issue Number

Issue Summary

IOJ-2109648

InstallShield used to crash while building a InstallScript MSI project, if the “Preprocessor Defines” field in the Build Setting Dialog is empty. This issue has been fixed.

IOJ-2104998

Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server 18.2.2.0 Prerequisite Download Location for x86 and x64 was broken when prerequisites were to download from the web. The download links have been fixed in this release.

IOJ-2102367

Download link for Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 (x64).prq was modified by Microsoft resulting in download errors while using this prerequisite in InstallShield 2019. This issue has been fixed.

IOJ-2102365

Prerequisite for .NET Framework 4.8 was checking an incorrect Release number, which had caused problem for Windows 10 1903 and 1909 releases. This issue has been fixed.

IOJ-2083142

Prerequisite for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client 11.2.5058.0 x64 failed to download in InstallShield 2018 and 2019. This issue has been fixed.

IOJ-1851668

The binaries (OpenSSL) which are used for checking updates causes vulnerabilities. The binaries (OpenSSL) are removed now.

IOJ-2106599

The web.config file of web application deployed using an installer built with InstallShield 2018 or later has Windows authentication mode entry when the Integrated Windows Authentication is set to No. Due to this, the web application would fail to start. This issue has been fixed.