Install Shield Limited Edition WIndows service
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21-04-2021 - |
Question
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 -
- Create a windows service installer project in Install Shield Limited Edition.
- Add custom actions - does not look like
- Silent installer.
Solution
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"
OTHER TIPS
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.