Assembly Project Guidelines

InstallShield 11 Universal

Available in InstallShield Universal Premier Only

A project that will be built as an assembly must follow the guidelines listed below.

  1. The project type must be Universal Installer.
  2. The General Information VPD Location property should be left blank so that the assembly will be logged to the same Vital Product Data (VPD) registry location as the product that installs it.
  3. The Update Service Support in Installation Information should not be enabled.
  4. The Files actions included in the project must have their Stored As property set to "Archive Resources" because assemblies must be self-contained. If this property is set to "External Resources," it will be ignored.
  5. The JVM Resolution view does not apply to assemblies because they are not installed or uninstalled independently of a product. These properties should be left blank.
  6. Since the entire assembly must be self-contained, media spanning cannot be utilized. However, when you build a product that includes the assembly, spanning can be applied to that entire installation.

See Also

Collaboration in Project Development
Working With Assemblies