Organize Your Setup View

InstallShield 2023 Express Edition

The first step in building anything is to lay a solid foundation. The base of your installation is formed by specifying application information through the General Information view, creating features in the Features view, specifying setup types in the Setup Types view, and preparing for update notification in the Update Notifications view. Each view under Organize Your Setup is described below:

Views Under the Organize Your Setup View
View	Description
General Information	The General Information view contains basic information about your project, your company, and your product. When you create a new installation project, you must configure its General Information view settings. InstallShield creates new projects with default settings, but you should set your own values so that your project includes data that is specific to your needs.
Features	Features are the building blocks of your setup. They represent a distinct piece of your application—such as program files, help files, or clip art—to your end users. You can create features and subfeatures in the Features view.
Setup Types	Setup types offer different configurations of your product to your end users. These configurations can be useful if you distribute large features that are not required in order for the product to run.
Upgrade Paths	If you have distributed previous versions of your application and want the current version to update the end user’s system if the previous version is installed, you can indicate upgrade information in the Upgrade Paths view.
Update Notifications	The Update Notifications view is where you enable FlexNet Connect for your original installation. Caution:Enabling automatic update notifications in your project adds about 600 KB of files to your installation. These files must be distributed with your application in order for FlexNet Connect to work. If you cannot afford to include these files in your installation because of bandwidth limitations or other reasons, you can select No to disable automatic update notifications. However, FlexNet Connect cannot be used to deploy an update unless automatic notification is enabled in the original installation when you distribute it to your end users. Therefore, if you select No, you will not be able to later take advantage of the automatic update notification features.