InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6 Readme

Contents

Introduction

Installing InstallShield

Registering InstallShield

Contacting InstallShield

Online Support

Documentation

InstallShield Visual C++ Wizard

Known Problems and Limitations

Introduction

Thank you for using InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6, a software installation development system using world-renowned InstallShield technology in an easy-to-use Installation Development Environment (IDE). InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6 gives you the features and functionality to author, lay out, build and test bulletproof, professional setups with point-and-click ease.

InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6 is a powerful 32-bit setup creation application, but it is a subset of the full features and power available in InstallShield5.1 Professional Edition.

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Installing InstallShield

Optimum System Requirements

To install and run InstallShield, you should have the following:

• Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 (Intel) operating system
• Pentium-class PC
• 32 megabytes of RAM
• 50 megabytes of free disk space
• Super VGA monitor

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Registering InstallShield

In order to ensure you get the best support, you should register your copy of InstallShield as soon as possible after installing it. We have made it easy to register InstallShield. Just do one of the following:

• Click the "register InstallShield" link above
• Click the Register Product button at the top of this Readme file
• Complete the registration form displayed during the InstallShield setup
• Select Register InstallShield from the InstallShield Help menu

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Contacting InstallShield

InstallShield provides quick access to our Web site from the Help menu. You can access the following important Web pages from InstallShield:

InstallShield Newsgroups		http://www.installshield.com/IS5/News.htm
Frequently Asked Questions		http://www.installshield.com/IS5/IS5FAQS.htm
Online Support		http://www.installshield.com/IS5/IS5SUPP.htm
Send Feedback		http://www.installshield.com/IS5/IS5TALK.htm
Register InstallShield		http://www.installshield.com/IS5/IS5REG.htm
InstallShield Home Page		http://www.installshield.com

To contact an InstallShield Sales Representative, send email to sales@installshield.com, or call us at (847) 240-9111 or (800) 374-4353.

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Online Support

Before seeking technical support at the InstallShield Web site, try to find the answers you need in the InstallShield Help Library, accessible from the Help menu. This could save you time and money.

InstallShield provides 30 days of free technical support, starting from the date of your first request for technical support. To get technical support, select Online Support from the Help menu in the IDE.

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Documentation

InstallShield includes a Help Library covering all aspects of InstallShield and its use. The entire Help Library and its books are accessible from the Help menu in the InstallShield IDE.

Help Library topics are also accessible from the IDE by pressing F1 or clicking Help, when available. You can instantly access InstallScript help from the Script Editor by placing your cursor in an InstallScript keyword, function name, or other identifier and pressing F1.

Help Library

To open the entire Help Library, select Help Library from the Help menu. Opening the Help Library in this manner provides standard WinHelp Contents, Index, and Find tabs covering all help books in the library.

The InstallShield Help Library is composed of three top-level books, described below. To open an individual book, select the book name from the Help menu in InstallShield. When you open a Help Library book in this manner, you get Contents, Index, and Find tabs covering that book only. You still have access to the entire Help Library via hypertext links, of course.

Getting Started

Shows you how to start producing real setups now. Getting Started explains the building blocks of setups and provides tutorials in setup creation. It also contains information on migrating from InstallShield3 to InstallShield5.1.

Getting Results

Covers all aspects of setups and their creation by telling you about and telling you how. Getting Results also includes reference guides to the InstallShield IDE, the InstallShield Visual Debugger, and the Script Editor.

InstallScript Language Reference

Documents the structure, elements, syntax, and functions of the InstallScript language. Includes example scripts you can copy and paste into the Script Editor for easy implementation into your setups.

Function Wizard

The InstallShield Function Wizard is a unique blend of functionality and documentation. The Function Wizard lets you choose any of the nearly 300 functions provided with InstallShield, helps you enter the parameters, and then inserts your function call into your script. The Function Wizard's Help button provides instant access to detailed function descriptions in the Language Reference. You can launch the Function Wizard from the right click menu in the Script Editor window, or from the toolbar (the third button from the right).

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InstallShield Visual C++ Wizard

InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6 includes the InstallShield Visual C++ Wizard. With this wizard you can quickly create a runnable InstallShield setup project that installs your application and properly handles any file dependencies.

If you installed InstallShield before installing Microsoft Visual C++ 6, you will see the following warning:

If you proceed with the installation, you can manually add the InstallShield Visual C++ Wizard to Visual C++'s Tools menu later by doing the following:

1. On Visual C++'s Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Tools tab.



2. In the Menu Contents box, scroll to the bottom of the list, double-click the blank line (indicated by an empty rectangle), type "InstallShield Wizard", and press Enter.



3. In the Menu Contents box, highlight the name you just entered.



4. In the Command box browse or type the path and name of the wizard executable file ISVCwiz.exe. The file is in the Program subfolder of the InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6 folder.