Project Types

InstallShield 11 Universal

The following types of installation projects can be created with InstallShield Universal:

Universal Installer—Installs one product, and can reference and/or install an unlimited number of assemblies
Condenser Installer (Premier Only)—Can either install or condense an unlimited number of referenced assemblies
Universal Dynamic Suite (Premier Only)—Installs a "suite" of products that are prebuilt InstallShield 10.5+ Universal assemblies that have been built to include an associated productRef.inf file
Condenser Dynamic Suite (Premier Only)—Can either install or condense a "suite" of products that are prebuilt InstallShield 10.5+ Universal assemblies that have been built to include an associated productRef.inf file
Universal Static Suite (Premier Only)—Installs a "suite" of products that are prebuilt Universal Installers and/or converted MultiPlatform Version 5.x projects
Convert InstallShield—Creates a new Universal Installer project using the data from an existing, specified Basic MSI [Windows] project (.ism file)
RPM Installer (Premier Only)—Enables you to leverage RPM as the deployment mechanism for your product while gaining all of the benefits and functionality of Universal assemblies.

When a project references duplicate assemblies, the duplicates are removed at build time. For example, if a project references Assembly1, Assembly2, and Assembly3, and Assemblies 1 and 2 both require Assembly3, Assembly3 is only included in the project and installed on the target machine once.

If Show 5.x Projects is selected in the Tools | Options menu General tab, then the following 5.x project types are also available:

5.x Project
5.x Static Suite Project

When opening a 5.x project that was created with InstallShield MultiPlatform Version 5.x, a dialog box opens advising you that in order to use the Dialog Editor, you must convert the 5.x project to the current version.
5.x Dynamic Suites are no longer available because this type of suite has been completely reconfigured in Universal.