Prepare for ReleasePrepare for Distribution
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The final step in creating your setup project is to build and test your installation. InstallShield provides you with many different layout types to choose from, as well as the ability to test your setup from within the IDE.
The Build view allows you to select which type of media you would like to use and provides you with your build configuration options.
Before you can release your setup to the public you should make sure you test it. In the Test Your Release view you can run your setup in its entirety or just go through the dialogs, without actually making any changes to your system.
The Releases view allows you to build different configurations of your setup, test the user interface, or launch your setup for a trial run. See Build Your Release for more information.
Debug your setup by setting breakpoints at any action or dialog in the User Interface sequence and watching and changing the Windows Installer properties at each step. For more information, see MSI Debugger.
The last step in the setup creation process is to distribute your release. Through this view you can copy all of your setup files to a target destination. See Distribute Your Release for more information.
Build Your Release
Test Your Release
Releases
MSI Debugger
Distribute Your Release