Errors and Warnings

InstallShield 2014

The following topics in the InstallShield Help Library provide information about errors and warnings that might occur when you are working with your installation.

List of Error and Warning Topics

Topic

Description

Build Errors and Warnings

Lists errors and warnings that might occur during the build process.

Media Build Errors and Warnings

Lists InstallScript compiler errors and warnings.

MSI/MSM Conversion Errors

Lists errors that might occur when you use the Open MSI/MSM Wizard to convert an installation package (.msi file) or merge module (.msm file) to an InstallShield project (.ism file).

Windows Installer Run-time Errors

Lists Windows Installer errors that might occur during run time. The errors are related to the built-in InstallShield custom actions that are added automatically to InstallShield projects to support some types of functionality.

Setup.exe Return Values and Run-Time Errors (InstallScript Projects)

Lists the errors that might occur when Setup.exe runs for InstallScript installations.

Setup.exe Return Values and Run-Time Errors (Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI Projects)

Lists the errors that might occur when Setup.exe runs for Basic MSI and InstallScript MSI installations.

Setup.exe Return Values and Run-Time Errors (Advanced UI and Suite/Advanced UI Projects)

Lists return codes, errors, and logged status codes that might occur when an Advanced UI or Suite/Advanced UI Setup.exe installation is run.

Visual Studio Project Import Errors and Warnings

Lists the errors and warnings that might occur when you do any of the following:

Convert a Visual Studio setup project (.vdproj) to an InstallShield Basic MSI project (.ism).
Convert a Visual Studio merge module project (.vdproj) to an InstallShield Merge Module project (.ism).
Import a Visual Studio setup or merge module project (.vdproj) into an InstallShield Basic MSI or Merge Module project (.ism).

Upgrade Errors (Upgrading from InstallShield Professional)

Lists errors that might occur when you upgrade a project created with InstallShield Professional.

Upgrade Warnings (Upgrading from InstallShield Professional)

Lists warnings that might occur when you upgrade a project created with InstallShield Professional.

Upgrade Errors and Warnings (Upgrading from InstallShield—Windows Installer Edition)

Lists errors and warnings that might occur when you upgrade a project (.ism file) created with a version of InstallShield—Windows Installer Edition.

HRESULT Values for Windows Installer Run-time Errors

Provides descriptions for InstallShield custom HRESULT codes provided with Windows Installer errors 1904 and 1905.

DIFxAPI Errors (InstallScript Projects)

Describes each of the DIFxAPI errors that can be returned when DIFx driver functions are called.

"String PRODUCT_NAME was not found in string table" Error

Provides description of when this error can occur and what steps you should take to correct it.

InstallScript Error Information

Provides descriptions for InstallScript errors and warnings.

Virtualization Conversion Errors and Warnings

Lists errors and warnings that might occur during the build process when you are creating a virtual application.

In-depth articles about errors and warnings are available in the Knowledge Base.

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