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Q109065: Warning -6248

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When building a project, the following warning occurs:

"Warning -6248: Could not find dependent file [1], or one of its dependencies of component [2]"

[1] contains the missing file's name, and [2] contains the name of the Component generating this warning.


Q204468: InstallShield 2012 Spring/InstallShield 2012 Spring SP1 Release Notes

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This article lists features, enhancements, and changes that were made in InstallShield 2012 Spring. It also describes the changes that are available in InstallShield 2012 Spring Service Pack 1.
 
To obtain Service Pack 1, see Knowledge Base article Q208466.

Q113394: HOWTO: Troubleshooting Major Upgrades

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This article discusses the basic approach to troubleshooting a situation where two or more Add/Remove Programs entries exist after a Major Upgrade installation runs.

Q113373: HOWTO: Access SUPPORTDIR from an InstallScript Custom Action

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As a result of changes made to the InstallScript engine, starting with InstallShield 12, the InstallScript defined variable SUPPORTDIR no longer points to the location of the files specified in the Support Files view in InstallShield.  This applies to InstallScript Custom Actions in InstallScript MSI and Basic MSI projects.

Q112615: HOWTO: Access SUPPORTDIR from a Deferred, Rollback, or Commit Custom Action

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As a result of changes in the InstallScript Architecture, it is necessary to get SUPPORTDIR from the MSI engine instead of relying on the InstallScript variable to access files included in the SUPPORTDIR.  Normally, you can use MsiGetProperty to access the SUPPORTDIR property from the MSI package.  In deferred, commit, or rollback custom action, however, it would be necessary to pass this property in through CustomActionData.

Q107955: ERRDOC: Build Warning 6525

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When building an InstallShield project, the following warning may occur:

"Warning -6525: The Custom Action [1] in the InstallExecuteSequence table is run from an installed file. It must be sequenced after the InstallFiles action. Ensure that the Custom Action is sequenced properly and that the base actions exists in the sequence."

[1] is a placeholder that contains the name of the custom action causing this warning.

Q211530: Security Hotfix for InstallShield and AdminStudio

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TippingPoint identified a security flaw that shipped with Flexera Software's InstallShield and AdminStudio products. In response to this, Flexera Software has issued a security patch to correct the issue in the following versions of the products:
  • InstallShield 2012 Spring and earlier—Premier, Professional, Express, and Limited editions
  • InstallShield 12 and earlier—Premier, Professional, and Express editions
  • InstallShield DevStudio 9.x
  • InstallShield Express 5.x
  • AdminStudio 11.x through 5.5—Enterprise, Standard, and Limited editions
Note: This patch applies to all service pack levels of the above products.
 
Later versions of InstallShield and AdminStudio will contain the fixed files.

Q207355: INFO: FLEXnet Connect Installer Transform Utility

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When running an MSI containing the FLEXnet Connect merge modules (versions 6.0 to 11.6) you may encounter certain installation problems. In particular you may see the following error:

Error 2753.The File 'agent.exe.6ED28686_7B19_420C_B255_5B6C1BD2C705' is not marked for installation.

Error 2753.The File 'isuspm.exe.6ED28686_7B19_420C_B255_5B6C1BD2C705' is not marked for installation.

*Note the guid appended to the file names will differ depending on the version of the merge module being used.

Or alternatively, the install may appear to complete successfully; however, the product may not be registered on the target machine.

Neither of the issues are critical, as the install should complete successfully; however, the product will not have been registered with the agent on the machine. Any of the product’s subsequent calls to check for updates will then result in errors


Q200353: Known issues for FLEXnet Connect 11.5

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This is a list of major known issues and workarounds for FLEXnet Connect 11.5. This article will be updated as new work arounds or fixes become available.

Q200158: HOWTO: Installing the FlexNet Connect Agent During an InstallScript Installation

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With the release of InstallShield 2009, InstallShield no longer includes a FLEXnet Connect merge module for InstallScript projects. In addition, InstallScript projects no longer include an Update Notifications view, which was previously used to add FLEXnet Connect support.

To support InstallShield users who need to install the FLEXnet Connect client during an InstallScript installation, this knowledge base article links to a special FLEXnet Connect 11.0.1 client installation. The article explains one method of incorporating this installation into your project so that the FLEXnet Connect 11.0.1 client is installed during your installation.

Q211819: ERRDOC: Fatal Error -7159

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When building an InstallShield project using the InstallShield Standalone Build, the following error occurs:

ISDEV : fatal error -7159: The product license has expired or has not yet been initialized

This can also occur whenBuilding a Visual Studio solution that contains an InstallShield project using Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS).

Q206645: ERRDOC: Build Error -7160

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  • ISDEV : fatal error -7160: Fatal Error : Error embedding image resource into setup.exe
  • 7160

Q107999: ERRDOC: Initialization Error 1610

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When launching an installation or uninstallation of a setup authored with InstallShield, the following error may occur:

"Error -1610: Configuration data is corrupt."
 
The error may also appear in the following format:
"Error -1610: The configuration data for this product is corrupt. Contact your support personnel."

Q206107: ERRDOC: Error 2708 Internal Error

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When running an installation, Error 2708, internal error, may be raised.
 
If the installation package is executed with the Windows Installer verbose logging option, the log will have the following entry:
Error 2708: No entries found in the file table.

Q211205: ERRDOC: Activation Error 50019

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When attempting to activate your InstallShield license, the following activation error occurs.
The response text you entered is invalid.

Q211208: ERRDOC: Windows Installer Error 1636 - This patch package could not be opened

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Runtime error 1636 - This patch package could not be opened.

Q211210: ERRDOC: Operation failed with 0x8007000B

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Runtime error:

Operation failed with 0x8007000B

An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

Q211215: ERRDOC: DIFXAPP error 0xE000024A

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During runtime message:
 
Unknown error 0xE000024A 

Q103146: HOWTO: Launching an Executable From a Subdirectory of SOURCEDIR

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This article explains how to launch an executable from a subdirectory of SOURCEDIR.

Q210434: HOWTO: Install .Net 3.5 SP1 Framework on a Windows 2008 Server R2 x64 using PowerShell.

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This article details how to install .Net 3.5 SP1 Framework on a Windows 2008 Server R2 x64 using PowerShell.
 
PowerShell scripts are plain text files with the extension PS1. These scripts can then be executed on any system with PowerShell installed, which includes all recent Windows Server systems and most updated Windows desktop operating systems including XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
 
It is expected an updated Windows operating system (desktop or server) is equipped with Windows PowerShell installed.
 
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