Visual Studio 2015 Community: ISLE ("Setup and Deployment" Doesn't Appear)

Question

I am using the Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition.

I am following the tutorial here.

Although, I am stuck on step 2 of To install the ISLE setup and deployment project template, where it says:

and then select Setup and Deployment.

This option doesn't even appear for me. The only option available under "Other project types" is "Visual Studio Solutions". I have searched the web for a direct download instead of this, yet I found nothing.

Answer 1

An InstallShield Software Engineer just answered this question in a Flexera Software forum thread: "InstallShield 2015 Limited Edition does not support Visual Studio Community 2015." He refers to the ISLE registration page which reads: "InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio supports Visual Studio Professional, Premium and Ultimate editions."

This seems to be the (annoying) answer, although it contradicts Microsoft stating that "InstallShield Limited Edition is free for users of all Visual Studio editions except the Express editions" (and Community Edition is not the same as the Express editions!)

So, the alternatives seem to be:

• continue to use VS 2013 with ISLE
• or pay for VS Professional 2015 (or higher) to get ISLE
• or pay for InstallShield to use it within VS Community 2015
• or use a different setup and deployment tool (which probably means creating existing ISLE setup projects from scratch)