Configuring Multiple Packages for Installation Using Transaction Processing

InstallShield 2018

Project • The following project types support multiple-package installations that use transaction processing:

Windows Installer 4.5 includes support for installing multiple packages using transaction processing. The packages are chained together and processed as a single transaction. If one or more of the packages in the transaction cannot be installed successfully or if the end user cancels the installation, the Windows Installer initiates rollback for all of the packages to restore the system to its earlier state.

This section of the documentation explains how to specify .msi packages that you want InstallShield to include in your installation as chained packages. This section also explains how to configure settings such as the properties that should be passed to the chained packages.

Note • Windows Installer 4.5 includes support for installing multiple packages using transaction processing. Earlier versions do not launch any chained .msi packages.

If you want your installation to install Windows Installer 4.5, see Adding Windows Installer Redistributables to Projects to learn how.

See Also

Overview of Multiple-Package Installations that Use Transaction Processing

Adding a New Chained .msi Package to Your Project

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