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Project Assistant

InstallShield 2009

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The Project Assistant does not appear in the following project types:

InstallShield provides a Project Assistant to help you quickly and easily build a basic installation project. The Project Assistant provides a framework of installation project tasks to guide you through the project creation process and provides pertinent information along the way.

How the Project Assistant Works

When you create a new installation project or transform, the Project Assistant view automatically opens. The Project Assistant is available for the following projects: Basic MSI, InstallScript, InstallScript MSI, MSI Database, Web Project, Compact, and Transform.

Information that you enter in the Project Assistant is saved directly to the underlying project file. Therefore, you can switch to the Installation Designer (described below) and view or modify your information using the full power of the InstallShield Installation Development Environment (IDE). In this way, you can use the Project Assistant to create the foundation for a more advanced installation where you use the Installation Designer, as needed, to customize your installation.

Integration with the Installation Designer

The Installation Designer tab displays all of the views in the InstallShield IDE that are available for your project type. Here you can add more complex and powerful elements to your installation project. You can create your installation project using the Project Assistant and then use the Installation Designer to fine-tune project elements.

The Installation Designer and the Project Assistant run simultaneously. Any changes that you make in one are reflected instantly in the other. For example, if you remove a feature while using the Installation Designer tab, that feature is no longer present in your installation project and does not appear in the Project Assistant.

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