The complete guide to InstallShield5, the#1 Windows software distribution development environment!
A quality install program can improve your company's image and dramatically reduce support costs at the same time. Written by Leslie Easter, founder of the world's leading InstallShield training organization, Bulletproof Installs walks you step by step through building Windows-based installation software that works first time, every time. Using InstallShield5, the industry-standard development enironment for Windows installers, you'll discover how to:
- Build specifications and flowcharts that streamline development and enhance quality
- Thoroughly evaluate user-computing environments and configure them for optimal application use
- Create Wizard-based dialog boxes that users can easily understand
- Manage configuration files, shared files, locked files, self-registering files and the Registry
- Learn InstallShield's undocumented routines and hidden functionality
1. What Is an Install Program?
2. Designing an Install Program
3. InstallShield File and Directory Organization
4. Creating a Simple Install Program
5. Explaining InstallScript
6. Understanding the Operating System
7. Definnig the InstallShield API
8. Creating a Standard Install Program
9. Creating a Custom User Interface
10. Importing Routines
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