Platform Support

InstallShield 11 Universal

Platform Support is located in the Releases view. This is where you select which platform(s) this Build Configuration should target.

The build filtering function of Universal includes only those elements that are defined by a specific platform for the platforms selected to be "included" in this view. For example, a Windows Service action will not be included in the built product if only the Linux platform is included here. Platform conditions, however, do not trigger build filtering because you can have a Platform Condition such as "All platforms except Windows" where it would be impossible to perform the correct filtering. Therefore, a component is only filtered out if it includes a condition whose implementation is provided by a platform pack that is not included in Platform Support. For example, if your component includes a Windows Registry String Condition but Windows is not enabled here, then that entire component is filtered out of the build.

Additional Properties

The following platforms include properties that can be set in this view:

AIX
- Allow Non-Root Installations on AIX—Enables all users, regardless of their login level, to install this product.
- Registry Integration Enabled—Integrates the product with the native AIX registry.
HP-UX
- SD Integration Enabled—Integrates the installed software objects into the Software Distributor (SD) when the end user runs the installation as "root."
Linux
- RPM Integration Enabled—Integrates the installed software objects with RPM. This property must be set to "True" if this project will be built as an assembly that will be included in or referenced by an RPM Installer project or RPM assembly for which you want RPM to verify dependencies during installation and uninstallation.
Solaris
- Pkg Integration Enabled—Integrates the installed software objects into the PKG database when the end user runs the installer as "root."

Remarks

Platform data is only included in the built archive for the selected platform(s).

The Platform Help section of the Help Library provides specific information about each platform that is different from what is contained in the User's Guide.