InstallShield 2013
When you are testing your installation, you might not want to continually build all of your installation files if no files have been changed. InstallShield provides you with two quick build options: Build Tables Only and Build Tables & Refresh Files.
Build Tables Only
As the name of this option implies, only the Windows Installer tables are built. If you have not built this installation already, a new .msi file is created, but no files are added to your installation. If you have built your installation already, the .msi file is updated when all the tables are built, but no files are transferred. You can use this option to test the installation’s user interface.
To build only your installation’s Windows Installer tables, do one of the following:
| • | On the Build menu, click Build Tables Only. |
| • | In the Releases view, right-click the release that you would like to build and click Build Tables Only. |
Build Tables & Refresh Files
If you would like a near-complete build without having to transfer all of the installation’s files to a new location, you can perform a build that rebuilds your .msi file and updates the Files table, thereby including any new or changed files in your installation. Changed files are updated only if the size or time stamp differs from the copy already included in the build. References to deleted files are removed from the installation, but the file remains in the build location. This type of build works only when the media is an uncompressed network image.
To build your Windows Installer tables and refresh the installation’s files, do one of the following:
| • | On the Build menu, click Build Tables & Refresh Files. |
| • | In the Releases view, right-click the release that you would like to build and click Build Tables & Refresh Files. |
InstallShield Help LibraryJune 2013 |
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