Specify Application Data

Application data include all of the files you are adding to your setup. You can add files via the Files view, by installing a merge module, or by scanning for dependencies.

Files

The Files view is the main way you'll be adding files to your setup project. This view behaves similarly to the Windows Explorer, allowing you to drag-and-drop files into your setup project. You can select which feature and component you would like your files associated with and the destination directory for those files.You can select which feature you would like your files associated with and the destination directory for those files. See Files for more information.

Files and Features

Although you can initially select which feature you would like to add your files to in the Files view, you can change the feature that a file is associated with only in the Files and Features view. See Associating Files with Features for more information.

Merge Modules

Objects and merge modules allow you to add distinct pieces of functionality to your setup project. Examples of these redistributable features include Visual Basic run-time DLLs and Microsoft C run-time libraries. Merge modules replace the concept of objects found in earlier versions of Express. See Merge Modules for more information.

Dependencies

This view is available only in the full edition of InstallShield Express.

The Dependencies view includes three different scanners that add dependency files to your setup. These scanners include a Visual Basic project scanner, a static scanner that scans files already included in your project and adds their dependencies, and a dynamic scanner that scans a running application for any dependencies. See Dependencies for more information.