Basic MSI Project Tutorial

InstallShield 11

This tutorial guides you through the process of creating, building, running, and enhancing a Basic MSI installation project using InstallShield.

The tutorial is divided into several steps. After the first step—Creating, Building, and Testing Your Project—the other steps can be performed independently, and in any order, so you can focus on the information relevant to your work.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to handle many of the tasks that an installation program needs to address, including:

• Installing files
  
  
• Setting up shortcuts and registry data
  
  
• Conditionally installing data
  
  
• Registering COM servers
  
  
• Changing the installation's user interface
  
  
• Building release images
  
  
• Testing the installation

Throughout the tutorial are links to related topics in the InstallShield Help Library.

Begin the tutorial