Installshield is a very wide installer production software. You can use it to create a professional-grade installer. But it's a disadvantage that it is very cumbersome, so that beginners are expected.
Here is an example of the English version of the InstallShield Professional Standard Edition 6.30 to explain it. Since it has not yet got its oriental language pack, it may be a bit problem in the display in the installation. Everyone can download InstallShield 6.3 here.
After starting installshield, see the figure below
Select the "New Project" button to open a new project
Generally selected "Project Wizard", Engineering Wizard. Add the name of the project
Subject information to add
Choose a language. Since there is no other language pack, only English is optional. Language packs need to be purchased separately
Select the component. Some procedures allow for the selection of one or all of the program
You can modify the name of the component by "Rename"
Here is for convenience, only one component is established.
Select the file group. The component selected by the above picture is to manage convenience, do not correspond to the real installation file; the file group here is a file grouped to you.
Here we build our own three file groups
Note that the tips on the right side of the file group window are shown below, which indicates the location of files under a file group relative to the position of the installation directory (Targetdir).
The following figure is to set the window of the directory structure. "Application Target Folder" is the installation directory of the representative program
Establish a directory structure that meets our requirements
Each file group sets the directory location
Let's choose the location of the file you want to pack.
Select the correct file group and select the location of the file group file
Here is the selected window
Below is the relationship between the specified component and the file group, is actually what files choose which files are in a component.
Since we install all the files, all file groups are placed under one component.
If you have other objects, you can also come in, but it is generally not used.
Below is the window that creates a desktop shortcut and program group
A desktop shortcut and a program group are established here.
Note:
The window that appears during the installation process will be selected. Can remove useless windows
Below is statistics
After pressing "Complete", start to compile your installer. Here is the window that pops up at compile time. Can take a look, close
Here is the compilation result: 0 Error, 0 Warning. Everything OK
Note: Some procedures have special requirements, such as the following graph, startup files, and programs must not be in the same directory, so pay attention to writing "Target" and "Start IN" parameters.
Install the directory default in the Program Files / 'company name' / 'product name'. It seems that it is difficult to modify, I have to change it directly. If you know something better, please tell me :)
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