Distributing Releases to a Folder or FTP Site Automatically

InstallShield 2008

When your release is built and tested, the only remaining task is to distribute it to the appropriate location. You can manually copy your release to the appropriate location, or you can use the Postbuild tab in the Releases view to configure the release so that InstallShield automatically copies the release to the appropriate location—a local or network location, or an FTP site.

Task

To configure InstallShield to automatically distribute your release to a particular location:

In the View List under Media, click Releases.

In the Releases explorer, select the release that you want to configure.

Click the Postbuild tab.

Configure the settings as appropriate. To learn more about the settings on the Postbuild tab, see Postbuild Tab.

Note

If your installation consists of only one disk, the contents of the Disk1 folder are copied to the release location, but not the folder itself. If your installation spans across multiple disks, the folders and their contents are copied to the release location.

Project

For InstallScript and InstallScript Object projects, InstallShield automatically copies the release to the location that you specify on the Postbuild tab every time that you build the release.

For any of the following project types, InstallShield copies all of the relevant files for your release to the specified location whenever you right-click the release in the Releases view and then click Distribute:

Basic MSI

InstallScript MSI

Merge Module

Web

If you specify a folder and an FTP site on the Postbuild tab, InstallShield copies the files to only the FTP location.

If you want the build engine to copy your release to the specified location after every build in a Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module, or Web project, select Yes for the Distribute after build setting.