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Install Shield Limited Edition WIndows service

I was using the Visual Studio installer project for installing my product. Now it looks like the official approach is to use Install Shield Limited Edition project. Now I checked in the Limited Edition project type, and there does not appear to be a way to install windows service. Also the support for custom action also does not seem to be there. Am I missing something ?. Basically will I be able to do the following -

  1. Create a windows service installer project in Install Shield Limited Edition.
  2. Add custom actions - does not look like
  3. Silent installer.
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Prashant Avatar asked Jan 31 '12 21:01

Prashant


2 Answers

Install Shield limited edition can install windows services out of the box. Take a look at SO:How do i create an InstallShield LE project to install a windows service? to learn how.

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adentum Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 23:10

adentum


Take a look at:

Augmenting InstallShield using Windows Installer XML - Windows Services

For the links to related posts. Basically LE is limited ( upgrade-ware ) but there are clean ways of extending it if you don't want to upgrade to Professional. ( $1500 )

LE always generates SETUP.EXE's ( MSI's compressed inside ) so silent installation is:

setup.exe /s /v"/qn"

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Christopher Painter Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 22:10

Christopher Painter