InstallShield Universal Basic Tutorial

This tutorial steps you through the creation of a Universal Installer project using the Project Assistant. It installs a Java application called "Ice Browser" to the Windows and HP-UX platforms. This Java application is the small, compact Web browser that is used to display the context-sensitive help in the Universal interface.

A copy of this project (BasicTutorialSample.uip) is available for you to view in the interface to compare to your project. It is located in the <Universal home>/HelpLibrary/BasicTutorialSample directory.

Note

If you did not install the platform packs for Windows and/or HP-UX, then you cannot build this project. You can, however, substitute a different platform for one or both of the platforms described in this tutorial. If you have installed both the Windows and HP-UX platform packs but are not developing on a Windows or HP-UX 11i machine, then you can build this project, but you cannot test (run) it.

Procedures

To set the Java compiler:

  1. If you have not set the Java compiler that Universal will use to compile the Java code in your projects, we will do it now. Once this is set, you will not have to do it again until you install an upgrade to this version of InstallShield Universal, or wish to use a different Java compiler.

    Click the Tools menu and select Options. The Options dialog box opens.
  2. Click the Compiler Options tab.
  3. In the Enter/select the Java compiler text box, click the ellipsis ("..."). An Open dialog box opens.
  4. Browse to the bin directory of the JVM that is installed on your machine. Select the javac executable—its extension is either .exe or .bin depending on whether you are working on a Windows or Unix machine, respectively.
  5. Click Open, then click OK.

Contents

The steps contained in this tutorial are as follows:

Go to Step 1—Create a New Project

See Also

Tutorials
Sample Projects