Q109065: Warning -6248
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]...
View ArticleQ204468: InstallShield 2012 Spring/InstallShield 2012 Spring SP1 Release Notes
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...
View ArticleQ113394: HOWTO: Troubleshooting Major Upgrades
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.
View ArticleQ113373: HOWTO: Access SUPPORTDIR from an InstallScript Custom Action
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...
View ArticleQ112615: HOWTO: Access SUPPORTDIR from a Deferred, Rollback, or Commit Custom...
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...
View ArticleQ107955: ERRDOC: Build Warning 6525
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...
View ArticleQ211530: Security Hotfix for InstallShield and AdminStudio
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...
View ArticleQ207355: INFO: FLEXnet Connect Installer Transform Utility
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...
View ArticleQ200353: Known issues for FLEXnet Connect 11.5
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.
View ArticleQ200158: HOWTO: Installing the FlexNet Connect Agent During an InstallScript...
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...
View ArticleQ211819: ERRDOC: Fatal Error -7159
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...
View ArticleQ206645: ERRDOC: Build Error -7160
ISDEV : fatal error -7160: Fatal Error : Error embedding image resource into setup.exe 7160
View ArticleQ107999: ERRDOC: Initialization Error 1610
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...
View ArticleQ206107: ERRDOC: Error 2708 Internal Error
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...
View ArticleQ211205: ERRDOC: Activation Error 50019
When attempting to activate your InstallShield license, the following activation error occurs.The response text you entered is invalid.
View ArticleQ211208: ERRDOC: Windows Installer Error 1636 - This patch package could not...
Runtime error 1636 - This patch package could not be opened.
View ArticleQ211210: ERRDOC: Operation failed with 0x8007000B
Runtime error:Operation failed with 0x8007000BAn attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
View ArticleQ211215: ERRDOC: DIFXAPP error 0xE000024A
During runtime message: Unknown error 0xE000024A
View ArticleQ103146: HOWTO: Launching an Executable From a Subdirectory of SOURCEDIR
This article explains how to launch an executable from a subdirectory of SOURCEDIR.
View ArticleQ210434: HOWTO: Install .Net 3.5 SP1 Framework on a Windows 2008 Server R2...
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...
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